Russian forces are "
partially surrounded
" in the strategic town of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, a senior separatist official acknowledged on Friday, September 30, the day of Moscow's planned annexation of four Ukrainian regions.
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“
Right now, Lyman is partially surrounded.
The Svatové road is under our control, but periodically under fire
,” Denis Pushilin, head of the separatist stronghold of Donetsk, said on Telegram.
He acknowledged that the villages of Yampil and Drobychevé, close to Lyman, "
are not under the total control
" of Moscow.