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Ukrainian tank in front of the town of Lyman (in April)
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Setback for Ukraine in Lyman
9:11 a.m .:
The Ukrainian military has admitted a setback in the battle for the strategically important city of Lyman in the Donbass.
According to the situation report of the Ukrainian general staff, the enemy is "trying to establish itself in the Lyman area" and is already shelling towns outside the city.
The day before, the general staff had reported fighting in Lyman and announced that the Russian troops were trying to force the Ukrainian defenders out of the city.
The pro-Russian separatists reported the capture of Lyman on Friday.
The General Staff has now announced that Russian troops are shelling the towns of Oserne and Dibrowa with grenade and rocket launchers.
Both villages are southeast of Lyman.
This indicates that the front is now south of the city.
The Russian military had attacked Lyman from the north.
The city is strategically located at a crossroads from which both the metropolitan area around the major cities of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk and the metropolitan area around Sloviansk and Kramatorsk can be attacked.
Ukrainian military: Russian attacks on Sieverodonetsk "unsuccessful"
7.30 a.m .:
According to their own statements, the Ukrainian military has repelled eight Russian attacks in the east in the past 24 hours.
The general staff of the armed forces announced that the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk were affected.
Among other things, Russian artillery attacked the area around the city of Sievjerodonetsk - "without success".
Zelenskyj describes situation in Donbass as "difficult"
3:05 a.m .:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj describes the current situation of his troops in Donbass as very difficult.
In his evening address, the President explained that the Russians continued to concentrate their forces, using heavy artillery and aircraft to shell Ukrainian positions.
“We protect our country as well as our current defense resources will allow.
If the occupiers think that Lyman and Sieverodonetsk will be theirs, then they are wrong.
The Donbass will remain Ukrainian,” says Zelenskyj.
Ukrainian nuclear inspector accuses atomic energy authority of taking sides
00:05:
Ukraine's state nuclear regulatory agency accused the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of falling for Russian propaganda and called on it to support Kiev's efforts to oust Moscow's forces from a major power plant.
Oleg Korikov, acting head of the nuclear regulatory agency, said IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi said at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week that the facility is storing large amounts of plutonium and enriched uranium used to make nuclear weapons could become.
Korikov said this was completely untrue.
"It is very sad that the blatant lies of Russian high-level propaganda are being propagated by a top IAEA official," he said in a statement posted to the inspectorate's Facebook page.
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