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Luhansk governor says Russian troops trapped in Lyman asked commanders if they could retreat but request was turned down.

Ukraine has encircled Russia’s forces around a bastion that is critical for Moscow at the eastern town of Lyman, in an operation that is still under way. The World Bank has said it will provide an additional US$530m in support to Ukraine, bringing the total aid by the bank to $13bn. The Ukrainian director-general of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been detained by a Russian patrol, according to Energoatom. Of course, it has been very important for me to underline that the Danish authorities have said that this this is not an accident. Russia vetoed a UN security council resolution introduced by the US and Albania condemning Moscow’s proclaimed annexations. We talked most of all about the situation in Ukraine and the so-called referendums in Ukraine. Let’s begin with some of the most recent developments. This decision, which constitutes a grave violation of the established principles of international law, cannot be accepted. Lyman is important because it is the next step towards the liberation of the Ukrainian Donbas. He promised that the application would happen in an “expedited manner”. Reuters was unable to independently confirm that Kesaev still has direct ownership in the MySky. Treasury did not respond to requests for comment, Reuters reports.

Ukrainian forces have surrounded Russian troops in the area of the crucial rail hub of Lyman, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Eastern Group of Forces has ...

It is a direct threat to the security of female fans in Iran and wherever our national team plays in the world. The first effort was successful and the child was born in the United States and automatically received U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2003-2006 and an analyst at the Atlantic Council, said in a statement. The blasts resulted in four leaks and the venting of methane gas into the sea. [Live Briefing](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html) gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensive, Western military aid, global reaction, Russian protests, and the plight of civilians. Speaking at a news conference in Brussels, Stoltenberg condemned the Russian "land grab" of four Ukrainian provinces in decrees signed by Putin earlier at a Kremlin ceremony. Stoltenberg said it is a decision that requires a consensus of all 30 allies, and the focus should remain on helping Kyiv's war effort. "The residents of these regions do not want to return to Ukraine. response to Iranian drones as a "hostile action" and reserved the right to respond. Security forces reportedly tried to prevent protesters from gathering in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz on September 30. "People in Bulgaria and across Europe are feeling the consequences of Russia's war [against Ukraine]," von der Leyen said. Moscow has used Lyman as a logistical hub for operations in the northern part of the Donetsk region.

Ukrainian forces reached the entrance of the eastern bastion of Lyman on 1 October after encircling thousands of Russian troops, in a battlefield rebuttal ...

“Lyman is important because it is the next step towards the liberation of the Ukrainian Donbas. Its fall would be Ukraine’s biggest battlefield gain since a lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region last month. “1 October: We are unfurling our state flag and establishing it on our land.

Russia said on Saturday its troops had withdrawn from the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine to avoid being surrounded by Ukraine's army.“In connection with.

[proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/09/30/Russia-s-Putin-signs-documents-to-annex-Ukrainian-regions). [World News](/News/world) [For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.](https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMOnQlwswi_quAw?oc=3&ceid=US:en&hl=en-US&gl=US) The ministry said in a statement that Russia had inflicted serious losses on the Ukrainian forces by launching “massive fire strikes” against them. [Twenty found dead after attack on civilian convoy in northeastern Ukraine: Governor](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/10/01/Twenty-found-dead-after-attack-on-civilian-convoy-in-northeastern-Ukraine-Governor) [Turkey rejects Russian annexation of Ukraine provinces, says ‘violation’ of law](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/01/Turkey-rejects-Russian-annexation-of-Ukraine-provinces-says-violation-of-law-) [Director general of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant detained by Russian patrol](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/10/01/Director-general-of-Zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-detained-by-Russian-patrol) [AlArabiya](/) [Russia Ukraine conflict](/tools/kickers?kicker=Russia Ukraine conflict)

The Ukraine military said in a tweet on Saturday that its air assault forces “are entering Lyman”. “The Ukrainian army has and will always have the decisive ...

Russian forces withdraw from Lyman in Donetsk region, Moscow says ... Kyiv posts video of what appear to be Ukrainian soldiers raising their country's flag at the ...

The withdrawal from Lyman prompted Ramzan Kadyrov, leader in the Russian region of Chechnya, to urge Moscow to consider using a “low-yield” nuclear weapon in Ukraine. The U.S. The Russian mobilization has prompted Kyiv to call for more weapons from its Western allies, bolstered by Ukraine’s recent battlefield successes. President Joe Biden has warned Putin that there would be a “consequential” response if Russia uses tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The recapture of Lyman is the latest success in a Ukrainian counterassault that has seen Kyiv’s forces reclaim a vast amount of Russian-occupied territory in eastern Ukraine as Moscow’s troops have abandoned the front lines. “Lyman is important because it is the next step towards the liberation of the Ukrainian Donbas,” said Serhii Cherevatyi, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s eastern forces.

Troops raise Ukrainian flag in city hours after Putin said area was Russia's 'for ever', with Moscow admitting its forces have retreated.

In Friday’s rambling and grudge-filled speech Putin denounced the west and portrayed his invasion of Ukraine as a just and necessary response to an attempt by the US and its allies to “colonise” Russia. Ukrainian battalions can push north towards the town of Svatove or east to Kreminna, Haidai, the Luhansk governor, said. The sudden collapse of Russia’s forces in Lyman opens up the possibility of further Ukrainian gains. He and about 7,000 other Ukrainian staff at the plant are employed by Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear organisation, based in Kyiv. The Kremlin controls almost all of Luhansk and Kherson provinces, but only parts of the other two regions. The Kremlin has not commented on its stunning military rout in Lyman. The governor of Luhansk province, Serhiy Haidai, said the besieged troops had begged on Friday to be allowed to leave Lyman. The debacle came hours after Putin announced on Friday that the city, which is a part of the Donetsk region, was Russia’s “for ever”. “A colossal grouping” of up to 5,000 enemy soldiers was facing defeat, he added. The attack appears to have happened several days ago. They had been “withdrawn to more advantageous lines”, the ministry said, after their encirclement by Ukrainian forces. Earlier on Saturday Ukraine’s armed forces said they had entirely surrounded the city, trapping thousands of Russian soldiers inside.

Russia says its troops have abandoned a key bastion in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted...

Lyman will be Ukraine," one of the soldiers said, standing atop a military vehicle. Its capture is Ukraine's biggest battlefield gain since a lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region last month. He confirmed Ukraine was inside the town later that afternoon. Putin proclaimed the Donbas regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to be Russian land in Friday's ceremony - a swathe of territory equal to about 18 per cent of Ukraine's total surface land area. "Oct 1. "In connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement, allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement of Krasny Liman to more advantageous lines," Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday, using the Russian name of the town.

Military defeat in Donetsk comes hours after Moscow declared that the region was Russian territory 'for ever'

They pointed out that the city – in theory at least – was now a part of the Russian Federation. They had been “withdrawn to more advantageous lines”, the ministry said, following [their encirclement](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/oct/01/russia-ukraine-war-ukrainians-advance-on-lyman-after-putins-annexations-live?page=with:block-63380c1e8f08ec87f1105e67) by Ukrainian forces. They had been fleeing from Kupiansk, a town about 6km from the front line. The governor of Luhansk province, Serhiy Haidai, said the besieged troops had begged on Friday to be allowed to leave Lyman. Dozens and possibly hundreds of other Russian servicemen appear to have been captured. Earlier on Saturday Ukraine’s armed forces said they had entirely surrounded the city, trapping thousands of Russian soldiers inside.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday cheered Ukraine's capture of the key bastion of Lyman from Russia in eastern Ukraine, saying it was an ...

And again, we all have to be encouraged by what we're seeing." "What it means in terms of potential escalation, I won't speculate on that. The capture came just a day after Putin proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions - including Donetsk, where Lyman is located - and placed them under Russia's nuclear umbrella. "And without those routes, it will be more difficult. Its capture is Ukraine's biggest battlefield gain since a lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region last month. "Absolutely, it's significant.

Ukrainian troops say they have taken the key bastion of Lyman in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of President ...

Ukrainian army blocks almost all ways of leaving, transporting ammunition to Russians, says Serhiy Hayday - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. On Sept. Ukrainian army’s advance toward Lyman city continues.

US defence secretary Lloyd Austin cheers capture of key city in east after Moscow confirms retreat of its troops.

Kharkiv oblast’s governor said Ukrainian authorities found the bodies of at least 20 people in a civilian convoy near the city of Kupiansk. Russia is trying to transfer the Zaporizhzhia plant to the Russian energy firm Rosatom, the head of Ukraine’s atomic energy company, Petro Kotin, has told the BBC. The head of Russia’s region of Chechnya said Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine after its battlefield defeat in Lyman. The defeat is an embarrassment for Vladimir Putin, who declared on Friday that the city – in the Donetsk region – was Russia’s “for ever”. A superyacht built for an oligarch under sanctions is being discreetly offered for sale for £26m ($29m), with buyers advised that any viewings will be in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Yuliya Kovaliv told Reuters it was important that all members of the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) addressed “such a drastic breach of the Chicago convention”. The British prime minster, Liz Truss, has said the series of explosions that severely damaged Russia’s gas pipelines were an act of sabotage. Lambrecht visited the southern port city of Odesa on Saturday and met her Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksii Reznikov, the German defence ministry said. Ukraine’s defence ministry announced its forces were “entering” Lyman in the eastern Donetsk region after the army said it had “encircled” several thousand Russian troops near the town. A neo-Nazi pro-Kremlin group active in Ukraine is inciting atrocities against prisoners of war and explicitly advocates the torture of captives including “removing body parts”. As it approaches 9.15am in Kyiv, here’s a rundown on the latest news and overnight developments. It said the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office had ordered the blocking of service.

The latest stinging setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin came after he proclaimed the annexation of four regions covering nearly a fifth of Ukraine on ...

There will be even more a week's time," Zelenskyy said in an evening address. There was no comment from the Russian armed forces on Sunday on the status of the city. "Without those routes, it will be more difficult. Losing it is Russia's largest battlefield loss since Ukraine's lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region last month. The Russian defense ministry said on Saturday it was pulling troops out of the area "in connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement." Ukraine said on Sunday it was in full control of the eastern logistics hub of Lyman, Kyiv's most significant battlefield gain in weeks, which a senior official said could provide a staging post for further gains to the east.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia's withdrawal from Lyman showed that Moscow's annexation claims were a “farce.”

Putin decide to use a tactical nuclear weapon to make up for the failings of Russian troops in Ukraine. Ukrainian and Russian military forces have accused each other of using the specter of nuclear disaster in brinkmanship in the war by making attacks near the plant. Murashov’s detention “has an immediate and serious impact on decision-making in ensuring the safety and security of the plant.” Western leaders, including President Biden in the United States, [denounced the annexation as illegal](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/us/biden-putin-russia-ukraine.html?action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&state=default&module=styln-russia-ukraine&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc). Murashov was stopped on the road leading to the plant, and he was blindfolded and taken to an unknown location, the company said. The retreat from Lyman is a significant blow to Russian forces that could further undermine the Kremlin’s position in Donbas, a mineral-rich and fertile part of eastern Ukraine that has been at the center of Mr. That appears to be the only area along the extensive eastern front line where Russian forces are on the offensive, led primarily by members of the [sharply criticized](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/world/europe/lyman-russia-retreat-putin.html?smid=url-share) the Defense Ministry for retreating from the city. [sham referendums](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/world/europe/ukraine-russia-referendums-annexation.html?action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&state=default&module=styln-russia-ukraine&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc)in the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk and Donetsk, President Vladimir V. Zagrusky, the police chief of the Kramatorsk district, which includes Lyman, said that while the Ukrainian military took prisoners after the battle, police officers had made no arrests of Russian stragglers as of midday on Sunday. About 2,000 to 3,000 Russian soldiers remained in Lyman by the time Ukrainian forces arrived at the outskirts of the city on Friday, he said. Fierce fighting ensued in dense forests and along the banks of the Siversky Donets River as Ukraine cut off the roads used to move troops and ammunition into the city.

The defeat is a humiliation for Vladimir Putin after he announced the forced annexation of four Ukrainian regions; Russian forces blindfolded and detained ...

“We will look very hard at the settings in the Privacy Act,” Dreyfus says on ABC’s Insiders. For Latvians, “NATO and the EU mean security.” When they did, they gave an official death toll of 66 although the number who died in a crush at one exit could have been as high as 340. Harmony, a group that won the last three elections with the support of many Russians who make up about a quarter of Latvia’s 1.9 million population, had 4.1 per cent. A Pirates fan had attacked Chiefs supporters in the crowd with a knife. Some suffocated in the chaos and others were trampled, killing 34 almost instantly. At least 73 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured, and the Egyptian league was suspended for two years. “Yesterday there was a parade in Izyum, today a flag in Lyman, and what tomorrow? In the footage, two grinning Ukrainian soldiers are seen raising the country’s blue and yellow flag by the welcome sign at the entrance to the city. A day after he hailed the annexation of Ukrainian territories, Kadyrov bemoaned the recent string of battlefield losses. Lyman will be Ukraine,” one of the soldiers says, standing on the bonnet of a military vehicle. It is not known what has happened to the soldiers.

Ukraine says it is in full control of the eastern logistics hub of Lyman, Kyiv's most significant battlefield...

There will be even more a week's time," Zelenskiy said in an evening address. Losing it is Russia's largest battlefield loss since Ukraine's lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region last month. There was no comment from the Russian armed forces on Sunday on the status of the city. "The liberation of this city in the Donetsk region is one of the key factors for the further de-occupation of the Luhansk region," Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday. Russian forces captured Lyman from Ukraine in May and had used it as a logistics and transport hub for its operations in the north of the Donetsk region. The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday it was pulling troops out of the area "in connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to recapture more territory in eastern Ukraine after Kyiv's forces pushed Russia out of the key city of Lyman.

“Lyman is important because it is the next step towards the liberation of the Ukrainian Donbas,” Serhii Cherevatyi, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s eastern forces, said on Saturday. The recapture of Lyman is “significant” for Ukraine, as it creates more problems for Russia’s military on its supply routes, U.S. “Both in the east and in the south. Putin hailed the annexation of Donetsk and three other regions following referendums that Western countries declared a “sham.” Ukraine pushed Moscow’s forces out of Lyman on Saturday, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the annexation of Donetsk, which includes the strategic city. It will be even more in a week.”

President Zelenskyy says his forces now control key eastern town a day after Russia's military announced its retreat.

It sets the stage for the possible advance of Ukrainian forces towards the town of Svatove, a key logistics centre for the Russian military who were pushed out ...

Ukraine's president has declared that Ukrainian troops are in full control of the eastern city of Lyman, a strategic city in the Donbas region that Russian ...

Speaking at a news conference in Brussels, Stoltenberg condemned the Russian "land grab" of four Ukrainian provinces in decrees signed by Putin earlier at a Kremlin ceremony. Stoltenberg said it is a decision that requires a consensus of all 30 allies, and the focus should remain on helping Kyiv's war effort. "The residents of these regions do not want to return to Ukraine. response to Iranian drones as a "hostile action" and reserved the right to respond. Security forces reportedly tried to prevent protesters from gathering in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz on September 30. Moscow has used Lyman as a logistical hub for operations in the northern part of the Donetsk region. Lyman will be Ukraine," one of the soldiers says in the video. "The settlements of Yampil, Novoselivka, Shandryholove, Drobysheve, and Stavky have been liberated and stabilization measures are being taken there." The choice is between going back to the years of transition or to break with this period once and for all and heading to a new prosperous and reformed Bulgaria. "People in Bulgaria and across Europe are feeling the consequences of Russia's war [against Ukraine]," von der Leyen said. "I deeply regret the serious situation that has arisen in recent days, with further actions contrary to the principles of international law," he said. And the results could go a long way toward answering whether Bosnia is fated, at least for the near future, to remain one of Europe's most vulnerable hotspots.

The retreat came amid fears thousands of soldiers would be encircled in Lyman, and is seen as a significant blow.

- Russian firefighters are tackling a blaze at the Belbek military airbase in Crimea, where officials say a plane skidded off a runway and caught fire. [has confirmed with Moscow that Russian forces detained the chief of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63100673)- a giant facility controlled by Russian troops. - Details have emerged of another deadly attack on a convoy of civilians - the second announced in as many days - this time in the north-eastern Kharkiv region.

Ukraine says it is in full control of the eastern logistics hub of Lyman, Kyiv's most significant battlefield...

There will be even more a week's time," Zelenskiy said in an evening address. Losing it is Russia's largest battlefield loss since Ukraine's lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region last month. There was no comment from the Russian armed forces on Sunday on the status of the city. "The liberation of this city in the Donetsk region is one of the key factors for the further de-occupation of the Luhansk region," Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday. Russian forces captured Lyman from Ukraine in May and had used it as a logistics and transport hub for its operations in the north of the Donetsk region. The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday it was pulling troops out of the area "in connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement".

There are no signs of Russian troops at all on Sunday – few damaged Russian tanks, or Russian dead, or Russian prisoners. Members of the Ukrainian National ...

“Bad,” he said, describing the months of Russian control. Lyman’s significant railway infrastructure has been heavily damaged, the roofs blown off the station building and rolling stock on the railways damaged. In the local administration building, Roman sat on a table near a flag of the “United Russia” party. Inside the building, the damage had already been swept away and rooms tidied. Members of the Ukrainian National Guard from the Dnipro-1 unit hover in small numbers on some streets. Yet on Sunday there were few signs of encirclement to be seen.

Ukraine has claimed full control of the eastern logistics hub of Lyman, its most significant battlefield gain from...

Ukraine is actually able to liberate and retake occupied territory," Stoltenberg said in an NBC interview. "Over the past week, the number of Ukrainian flags in Donbas has increased. Its recapture by Ukrainian troops is Russia's largest battlefield loss since Ukraine's lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region in September. Russia likely experienced heavy casualties during the withdrawal, the ministry added. The stinging setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin was delivered after he proclaimed the annexation of four regions covering nearly a fifth of Ukraine on Friday, an area that includes Lyman. "Thank you to our troops ...

In Kyiv's most significant battlefield gain in weeks, Ukraine has claimed full control of the eastern city of Lyman — a key logistics hub that could act as ...

Ukraine is actually able to liberate and retake occupied territory," Mr Stoltenberg said in an NBC interview. There will be even more a week's time," Mr Zelenskyy said in an earlier overnight address." Mr Putin's ally Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's southern Chechnya region, on Saturday called for a change of strategy "right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-yield nuclear weapons". The United States was "very encouraged" by Ukrainian gains, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Sunday, while NATO's Mr Stoltenberg said the fall of Lyman demonstrated the effectiveness of Western weapons in the conflict. Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that it was pulling troops out of the Lyman area "in connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement". - The leader of Russia's southern Chechnya region has called for martial law in "border areas" and the use of "low-yield" nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Lyman, a key town located in one of the four Ukrainian regions that Russia annexed, was "cleared" of ...

Pope Francis has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, imploring him to "stop this spiral of violence and death" in Ukraine. Mr Zelenskyy said on Friday that peace talks with Russia while Mr Putin was still president would be impossible. Ukraine is actually able to liberate and retake occupied territory," Mr Stoltenberg said in an NBC interview. There will be even more a week's time," Mr Zelenskyy said in an earlier overnight address, using the name for the combined Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Britain's defence ministry said that was likely to intensify with further setbacks. The stinging setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin came after he, an area that includes Lyman.

There was no comment from the Russian armed forces on Sunday on the status of the city. The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday it was pulling troops out ...

There will be even more a week's time," Zelenskiy said in an evening address. Losing it is Russia's largest battlefield loss since Ukraine's lightning counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region last month. There was no comment from the Russian armed forces on Sunday on the status of the city. "The liberation of this city in the Donetsk region is one of the key factors for the further de-occupation of the Luhansk region," Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday. Russian forces captured Lyman from Ukraine in May and had used it as a logistics and transport hub for its operations in the north of the Donetsk region. The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday it was pulling troops out of the area "in connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement".