Posted at 23:0023:00
BREAKING
Russia says its troops quit key eastern town Lyman
Russia's defence ministry says it has withdrawn Russian troops from the strategic town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine.
"Because of the threat of encirclement the allied troops have been withdrawn from Red Lyman to better positions," it says, quoted by Russian state news agencies.
Red Lyman was the old Soviet name for Lyman, which Ukrainian forces say they have entered. Russia calls its troops "allied" with local Moscow-backed fighters.
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