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Hizo sideshows za kura sijui referendum wala nini hatuna muda navyo, ngoma ni ile ile, inaishia Crimea, mlete wanywa gongo watafyekwa tu
KYIV — Less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin proudly proclaimed the illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, thousands of his troops now appear to be trapped there.
Ukrainian forces have surrounded Lyman, a key transport hub in Donetsk, Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for Ukraine’s armed forces, told The Washington Post on Saturday.
The counterattack will come as an embarrassment to Moscow, a day after claiming swaths of eastern Ukraine as its own in the face of widespread international condemnation. Ukrainian forces advanced on the city overnight even as Russia put on a grand ceremony and a pop concert in Moscow’s Red Square celebrating the annexation.
Cherevaty said Ukrainian troops had recaptured four villages near Lyman in addition to encircling the city, which is a key supply hub on the western edge of Ukraine’s Donbas region. A pro-Kremlin separatist leader in eastern Ukraine had acknowledged Friday that the city was “semi-encircled,” describing Kyiv’s advances as “very unpleasant news” that threatened to “overshadow” the annexation celebrations.
MSN
KYIV — Less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin proudly proclaimed the illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, thousands of his troops now appear to be trapped there.
Ukrainian forces have surrounded Lyman, a key transport hub in Donetsk, Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for Ukraine’s armed forces, told The Washington Post on Saturday.
The counterattack will come as an embarrassment to Moscow, a day after claiming swaths of eastern Ukraine as its own in the face of widespread international condemnation. Ukrainian forces advanced on the city overnight even as Russia put on a grand ceremony and a pop concert in Moscow’s Red Square celebrating the annexation.
Cherevaty said Ukrainian troops had recaptured four villages near Lyman in addition to encircling the city, which is a key supply hub on the western edge of Ukraine’s Donbas region. A pro-Kremlin separatist leader in eastern Ukraine had acknowledged Friday that the city was “semi-encircled,” describing Kyiv’s advances as “very unpleasant news” that threatened to “overshadow” the annexation celebrations.
MSN