Ukraine's retaking of Lyman key for neighbouring Luhansk: Govt official | World News

Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of Ukraine's Luhansk area, stated that the retaking of Lyman within the neighbouring Donetsk area is likely one of the key elements for reclaiming misplaced territory in Luhansk.

"The liberation of this metropolis within the Donetsk area is likely one of the key elements for the additional de-occupation of the Luhansk area," Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

Luhansk and Donetsk provinces comprise Ukraine's japanese Donbas area, the place heavy preventing between Russian and Ukrainian forces has been happening for months.