The Russian Defense Ministry announced to withdraw from Lyman, a strategic city in Donetsk province in the East, when the Ukrainian forces counterattack here.

To avoid being surrounded, the army was withdrawn from Lyman to the room with a more advantage, the Russian Ministry of Defense today announced.

A few minutes earlier, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced that the country's forces entered Lyman after closing thousands of Russian soldiers here.

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Andriy Yermak, Chief of Ukrainian President's office, shared a video of two national flags on the city's welcome gate.

Earlier, Denis Pushilin, the leader of the People's Republic of Donetsk (DPR), acknowledged the Russian army and the separatist faction in a difficult situation in Lyman, facing many continuous attacks.

The Ukrainian army opened a 2S7 Pion self -propelled cannon in the Donetsk area in mid -September. Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Lyman in Donetsk province, eastern Ukraine, is the key railway traffic hub in the region, controlled by Russia and the separatist faction from the end of May.

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