Ukraine inches closer to encircling Lyman, a strategic eastern rail hub.

Ukrainian troops inched closer to recapturing the eastern city of Lyman on Saturday, having entered villages on the outskirts of the Russian-held rail hub and threatening supply lines there.

The battle for Lyman, a city in Donetsk Province with a pre-war population of 20,000, has quickly turned into a poorly timed sideshow for the Kremlin following its internationally decried annexation of parts of Ukraine on Friday and Ukraine’s stunning victories in the country’s northeast last month. Read more

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