the Ukrainian army announces that it has taken over Lyman, which Russia had just annexed

The video is released by the Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian soldiers proudly hang their flag at the entrance to the town of Lyman (Ukraine), Saturday, October 1. This new victory claimed by kyiv is symbolic, the day after the announcement of the annexation of the Donetsk region, of which Lyman is a part, by Vladimir Putin following the referendums. The Ukrainian army claims to have surrounded the city and trapped the Russian soldiers. Facts that Russia still denies.

Behind the satisfaction of the Ukrainian army, which inflicts a new failure on the Russians, hides a carnage. On neighboring roads, the corpses of about twenty people litter the asphalt. Among them were women and old people trying to flee the city. Despite this grim picture, civilians continue to move towards westin other cities, as far as possible from the fighting.