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Zelensky announces that the city of Limán has been "completely liberated"

MADRID, 2 Oct.

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Zelensky announces that the city of Limán has been "completely liberated"

MADRID, 2 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, announced this Sunday that the city of Liman, located in the Donetsk region and the gateway to neighboring Lugansk, in the east of the country and territory occupied by Russia, is "completely liberated". from noon.

"Since 12:30 pm Limán has been completely clear. Thanks to our military, our soldiers. Glory to Ukraine," declared the Ukrainian head of state through a video posted on Telegram.

The Ukrainian Army intends to turn the conquest of Limán into the "opening of a road to Donbas", as announced yesterday by the spokesman for the military forces of the Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Army, Serhiy Chereviy.

This past Saturday, the Russian Army spokesman, General Igor Konashenkov, confirmed the withdrawal of Russian forces from the city. "Since there was a threat of encirclement, the allied troops were withdrawn from the settlement towards more advantageous lines," Konashenkov explained at a press conference collected by the TASS agency.

The city was used by the Russian Army as a vital transportation hub. There, according to Ukrainian estimates, around 5,000 Russian soldiers remained surrounded on Saturday, the largest siege on a Russian contingent since the beginning of the war.

Konashenkov has not confirmed exactly how many Russian soldiers remained in Limán and limited himself to pointing out that the breaking of the Ukrainian siege has resulted in the death of some 200 troops under the orders of the kyiv government, without giving further details.