The Ukrainian army announced on Sunday that its soldiers had withdrawn from Lysytchansk, a key city in eastern Ukraine facing a heavy onslaught by Russian troops for weeks.
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In order to preserve the lives of the Ukrainian defenders, the decision was taken to withdraw
" from the city, the staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said in a statement, pointing to the "
multiple superiority
" of the Russian army over the material plane.
The Russian Minister of Defense affirmed this Sunday morning that the forces of the Kremlin controlled the entire region of Lugansk after having conquered Lyssytchansk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied this during a press conference with his Australian counterpart.
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