Demining efforts underway in Lyman, situation remains dangerous – Ukraine Army’s spokesperson

The relevant statement was made by Spokesperson for the Eastern Grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhii Cherevatyi during a nationwide telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“The city itself has been cleared from [Russian] invaders. Of course, some of them are still running somewhere on the outskirts, and they are now being actively hunted down. But, stabilization measures continue there. First of all, there is a very dangerous situation with mines. The occupiers left lots of anti-personnel mines, the so-called trip wires, ‘butterfly mines’ that are not visible behind the leaves. In the morning, we talked a lot to foreign journalists, who want to enter the de-occupied city of Lyman. But, it is very dangerous there, and it is necessary to wait a little. Now, deminers are doing everything to make it safe,” Cherevatyi told.

A reminder that, on October 1, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine raised the Ukrainian flag over the Donetsk region’s Lyman, liberated from Russian invaders.

mk