KYIV, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops surrounded Russian troops around a stronghold seen as critical to Moscow near the eastern Ukrainian town of Lyman in an operation that continues, a spokesman said Saturday.
The Russian Lyman forces represent between 5,000 and 5,500 soldiers but the encircled troops could be less numerous because of the losses suffered and the attempts to flee, specified Serhii Cherevati. (Report Pavel Polityuk, French version Marc Angrand)