The Russian army intensified its attack on the Ukrainian city of Svyarodonetsk on 28 May, when it claimed to have captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman, as a means to help Kyiv fight back in the Donbass region. had intensified its call for long-range weapons from the west.
The slow, solid Russian advance in recent days points to a subtle pace shift in the war, which is now in its fourth month. The invading forces seem close to capturing all Luhansk region of DonbasiOne of the more modest war goals set out after the Kremlin abandoned its attack on Kyiv to face resistance from Ukraine.
Russia’s defense ministry said on 28 May that its troops and allied separatist forces were now in Full control of LymanThe site of a railway junction west of the Siversky Donets River in the Donetsk region which is neighboring Luhansk.
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Russia captures small towns, aims to widen battle in eastern Ukraine
As Russia asserted progress in its goal of seizing the entirety of disputed eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin on May 29 called for punishing his country with sanctions and continuing to supply weapons that support Ukraine’s defense. Tried to shake the European resolve.
The small town of Lyman, the second that fell this week, was “completely liberated” by a combined force of Russian troops and Kremlin-backed separatists, who fought an eight-year war in the industrial Donbass region bordering Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said. did.
Ukraine’s train system has evacuated weapons and civilians through Lyman, a major railway hub in the east. Its control would give Russia’s military another foothold in the region; It has bridges for troops and equipment to cross the Siversky Donets River, which so far has hindered the Russian advance into the Donbass. , AP
Ukraine
Ukraine’s negotiator says no deal with Russia is worth the money broken
Ukraine’s presidential adviser and peace talks negotiator Mykhailo Podolik said on Saturday that any agreement with Russia cannot be relied upon and that Moscow can only be stopped in its aggression by force.
“A deal with Russia is not worth a broken penny,” Podolik wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Is it possible to negotiate with a country that always lies with cynicism and propaganda?”
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Ukraine says everything is being done to protect Donbass from Russian attack
Ukraine has said it is doing “everything” to defend the Donbass, where an intense Russian offensive is prompting Kyiv forces to consider a strategic withdrawal from some key areas to avoid being surrounded.
Russia is waging an all-out war for the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions that make up the Donbass – Ukraine’s industrial heartland where President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of “genocide”.
Ukraine
Ukraine’s ex-president barred from leaving the country
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was barred from leaving Ukraine to attend a meeting of the NATO body in Lithuania, his party’s parliamentary faction said on Saturday.
Poroshenko was stopped twice at the border crossing with Poland when he was on his way to a meeting of the parliamentary assembly of NATO, a consultative interparliamentary body, the statement said.