A day after Moscow annexed the province, Russian military left strategically important Donetsk city.

 

A day after Moscow's takeover of the area, which the West has deemed unlawful, Russian forces withdrew from Lyman, a crucial city for its operations in the east, according to the Russian defence ministry on Saturday. According to the ministry on Telegram, using the Russian name for Lyman, 

"allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of Krasny Liman to more advantageous lines in connection with the establishment of a danger of encirclement.

" According to Russian state media Russia-24, the enemy "used both Western-made artillery and information from North Atlantic alliance countries," which is why Russia withdrew. Since its successful counteroffensive in the northern Kharkiv region last month, the retreat represents Ukraine's biggest victory. Russian declaration follows a few hours later

"The Russian group around Lyman is encircled. Yampil, Novoselivka, Shandryholove, Drobysheve, and Stavky villages are freed. In a televised press conference on Saturday morning, Cherevatyi stated that stabilisation efforts were still being made there. 

"[Lyman's liberation] is significant because it represents a new stride in the liberation of the Ukrainian Donbas. The chance now exists to travel on to Kreminna and Severodonetsk. As a result, it is crucial psychologically, he continued. According to Cherevatyi, the operations of the Ukrainian military are putting an end to "the path of these conflicts."

He continued, saying "many slain and wounded," but he was unable to elaborate. Serhiy Hayday, the chief of the military command for the Luhansk region, provided additional information about the Lyman offensive on Saturday. He suggested that Russian forces had made a retreat offer, but it was rejected by the Ukrainian side.

"Occupiers requested the option to retreat, but their request was denied by their command. They therefore have two choices. No, they have a total of three choices. Everyone there will perish unless you make a break through or give up, Hayday warned. 

They number in the thousands. Yes, roughly 5000. There isn't currently a precise figure. Five thousand people is still a huge number. Never before had the encirclement contained such a sizable number of people. All routes for ammunition delivery or troop retreat are entirely barred, he continued.

A video of a Ukrainian tank travelling up a road with a clear sign denoting the region of Stavky was posted on Telegram on Saturday by Yurii Mysiagin, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and the deputy leader of the parliament's committee on national security, in reference to the advance into Stavky. Neither the date nor the original source could be independently verified by   indianexpressk2.

The chief of staff for President Volodymyr Zelensky published a video on social media in which two Ukrainian soldiers are seen standing atop a military vehicle and taping the flag to a sizable sign that reads "Lyman." "We are raising the flag of our nation and erecting it on our property. about Lyman. "Ukraine will be everywhere," one of the troops tells the camera.

Russian officials assert they are annexing portions of Ukraine.

In addition to its alleged 2014 capture of Crimea, the Kremlin proclaimed on Friday the annexation of four Ukrainian territories that its military only partially controls.

Chechen leader’s threat

Notes: By "assessed," we mean that the Institute for the Study of War has obtained credible evidence that has been independently verified showing Russian control over or advancements in certain locations. Although Russian soldiers have attacked or operated in these locations, they do not hold control over them. "Claimed" locations are those where sources claim control or counteroffensives are taking place, but ISW is unable to confirm or refute these claims. Sources: LandScan HD for Ukraine, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; The Institute for the Study of War and AEI's Critical Threats Project. Illustration: Renée Rigdon

Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, looks to be coming under increasing pressure to deploy nuclear weapons. Following the withdrawal from Lyman, the leader of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, lashed out at Russian generals in a furious statement, saying it was time for the Kremlin to utilise all of its resources. Kadyrov stated on his Telegram channel, "In my own opinion, we need to take more drastic measures, including imposing martial law in the border territories and employing low-yield nuclear weapons." There is no requirement to consider the Western American community while making decisions. On his Telegram channel earlier this week, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who presided over the country from 2008 to 2012, discussed the use of nuclear weapons.

held as nuclear power plant director

According to the head of the state nuclear firm Energoatom, a Russian patrol also detained the director-general of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station on Saturday. Ihor Murashov, the director general, was travelling away from the factory in his automobile when he was "stopped, taken out, and driven in an unknown direction with his eyes blindfolded. His fate is currently unknown, according to a statement from Petro Kotin of Energoatom. Murashov is a licenced individual who is solely responsible for the nuclear and radiation safety of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, according to Kotin, who also added that his incarceration "endangers the operational safety of Ukraine and Europe's largest nuclear power plant." Kotin demanded the release of Murashov and encouraged the