The loss of the town in the newly annexed Donetsk region would be a major blow to Vladimir Putin.
There are around"5,000 Russian troops encircled in Lyman" according to Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern forces, although this number was only an estimate and could be lower because of casualties.
Russian military vehicles move on a highway in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces near Mariupol, Ukraine in this illustrative image from April 18, 2022. Ukraine said on October 1, 2022, its troops have encircled Russian forces in Lyman, in the Donetsk region.
"The possibilities of delivering ammunition to the Russians to the surrounded city or a peaceful exit from the settlement are already blocked," he added, according to a translation.
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