Russian troops have been forced out of a city in eastern Ukraine a day after Putin's annexation.
Russian officials said they had withdrawn their troops from the once-occupied city of Lyman as Ukraine's counter-offensive gained more ground.The move followed celebrations across Moscow on Friday, intended to mark the annexation of four regions of Ukraine - including Donetsk, where the city of Lyman is located.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later said in a video address that although the Ukrainian flag was flying in the city, "fighting is still going on there". He also indicated Ukrainian troops had taken the village of Torske, on the main road out of Lyman to the east. Ukraine's defence ministry wrote on Twitter that "almost all" the Russian troops in Lyman had either been captured or killed.
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