Ukraine war: Kyiv counteroffensive continues as clean-up begins in recaptured Lyman
Ukrainian forces say they have discovered evidence of Russian losses as they continue to make progress on the eastern front.
Images from the frontline show the bodies of a number of Russian soldiers lying in the streets of recently recaptured Lyman.
Russian troops pulled back from the strategic city over the weekend to avoid being encircled by Ukrainian forces.
The loss of Lyman was the latest defeat for Moscow and allows Ukraine to press further into Russian-held territories in the Donbas.
The Institute for the Study of War said Kyiv may have pushed through the Donetsk region as far as the border with the neighbouring Luhansk region.
On Monday, Ukrainian forces also scored significant gains in the south, raising flags over the villages of Arkhanhelske, Myroliubivka, Khreshchenivka, Mykhalivka, and Novovorontsovka.
“With numerically superior tank units in the direction of Zolota Balka and Oleksandrivka, the enemy managed to forge deep into our defences,” Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Monday, referring to two towns in the Kherson region.
Meanwhile, Russian forces launched more missile strikes at Ukrainian cities on Tuesday.
Several missiles hit Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, damaging its infrastructure and causing power cuts. Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov said one person was killed and at least two others, including a 9-year-old girl, were wounded.
In the south, four civilians were also injured when Russian missiles struck the city of Nikopol.
The Ukrainian successes in the east and the south came even as Russia moved to absorb four Ukrainian regions amid the fighting there.
The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, voted on Tuesday to ratify treaties to make the
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