Ukraine War - Donbas Offensive Update

A short update from Donbas - Lyman is captured by Russia. Apologies for the sound of rain--a big storm is overhead and it's bouncing off my AC unit.

A little update from Donbas region. Some of you may have seen it, some of you may not. So this is the updated war map as of May 27—posted around 12 hours ago. So the situation has likely changed since then.

But we can see that Russia has continued its advance south west of Popasna—a key launching point for Russian attacks. They have captured ilovaisk. To the north, Russia has finally captured Lyman with Ukrainian soldiers withdrawing across the Siverskyi Donets river. Russian troops attacked the city on the 23rd, taking full control on the 26th. Siverskyi Donets will be a good place for Ukraine soldiers to mount a defence—Russian soldiers tried and disasterously failed to cross it at a different point. This part of Ukraine is clearly going to be a hive of activity in the coming days. So it is a part of the conflict to keep an eye on.