INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The bodies of Russian soldiers were lying in the streets of a key eastern Ukrainian city on Tuesday following their comrades& retreat that
marked the latest defeat for Moscow even as Russia&s upper house of parliament rubber-stamped the annexation of Ukrainian regions on
Tuesday, AP reported.Russian troops pulled back from Lyman over the weekend to avoid being encircled by Ukrainian forces
The city&s liberation gave Ukraine a key vantage point for pressing its offensive deeper into Russian-held territories.The Ukrainian
military collected the bodies of their comrades after fierce battles for control of Lyman, a key logistics and transport hub, but did not
immediately remove those of the Russians.We fight for our land, for our children, so that our people can live better, but all this comes at
a very high price,& said a Ukrainian soldier who goes by the nom de guerre Rud.Lyman residents emerged from basements where they had hidden
during the battle for control of the city and built bonfires for cooking
The city has had no water, electricity or gas since May.A 85-year-old, who identified herself by her name and patronymic, Valentyna
Kuzmichna, recalled a recent explosion nearby.I was standing in the hall, about 5 meters away, when it boomed,& she said
&God forbid, now I can''t hear well.The Russian forces launched more missile strikes at Ukrainian cities on Tuesday as Ukrainian forces
pressed their counteroffensives in the east and the south.Several missiles hit Ukraine&s second-largest city of Kharkiv, damaging its
infrastructure and causing power cuts
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 injured when Russian missiles struck the city of Nikopol.After reclaiming control of Lyman in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian forces
pushed further east and may have gone as far as the border of the neighboring Luhansk region as they advance toward Kreminna, the
Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said in its latest analysis of the combat situation.On Monday, Ukrainian forces also scored
significant gains in the south, raising flags over the villages of Arkhanhelske, Myroliubivka, Khreshchenivka, Mykhalivka and
Novovorontsovka.The post Russian losses evident in key liberated Ukrainian city first appeared on Ariana News.
