Kyiv, Ukraine: Russian forces gain new ground in fierce fighting in the eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region on Friday, fighting on the streets in the city of Severodonetsk, while Moscow took advantage of its potential advantage. fire on downed Ukrainian defenders.
Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from Lyman, the last city in Donbas to fall to Russian forces in the region in recent days, Ukrainian officials said. Russian advances, if continued, could surround a large group of Ukrainian forces fighting in the easternmost part of the Ukraine-administered Donbas, leading to a major defeat for Kyiv.