Sat 01 October 2022:
In an ongoing operation, Ukraine has encircled Russian forces around a key Moscow bastion in the eastern town of Lyman, according to a Ukrainian military spokesman on Saturday, Reuters reported.
According to Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for Ukraine’s eastern forces, Russia’s forces at Lyman totaled between 5,000 and 5,500 soldiers, but the number of encircled troops may have decreased due to casualties and some soldiers attempting to escape the encirclement.
“The Russian grouping in the area of Lyman is surrounded,” said Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for Ukraine’s eastern forces.
“Lyman is important because it is the next step towards the liberation of the Ukrainian Donbas. It is an opportunity to go further to Kreminna and Sievierodonetsk, and it is psychologically very important,” he said.
Russia’s forces at Lyman totalled around 5,000 to 5,500 soldiers, but the number of encircled troops may have fallen because of casualties and some soldiers trying to break out of the encirclement, he said Cherevatyi.
He said Russian troops were mounting unsuccessful attempts to break out of the encirclement.
“Some are surrendering, they have a lot of killed and wounded, but the operation is not yet over,” he said.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) expects that Ukrainian troops are likely to completely encircle or retake Lyman in Donetsk Oblast within the next 72 hours.
Earlier, the ISW reported that on late 29 September, the Ukrainian forces have most likely completed the encirclement of Russian grouping in the area of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast. According to certain data, Ukrainian forces would be able to reclaim the city, if Russians did not get any reinforcements.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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