Ukraine officials fear repeat of Mariupol in Luhansk

As the fighting in Ukraine continues, Russia claimed Saturday that its military had captured a key city in the East. 

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the city of Lyman – which serves as a regional railway hub – had been “completely liberated.”

However, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister Hanna Malyar said the battle continued, according to the ZN.ua website.

This comes as Ukraine’s police said Saturday that the area around Sievierodonetsk –  the largest Donbas city still held by Ukraine – is under “constant enemy fire” and that civilians there were wounded.

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