Russia s withdrawal from Lyman complicates its internationally vilified move to annex four regions of Ukraine and paves the way for Ukrainian troops to potentially push further into land that Moscow now illegally claims as its own.
Russia Ukraine war: U.S., European Union are stepping up the intensity of sanctions after Russia announced it was mobilising up to 300,000 more troops to join the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia s war on Ukraine took an escalated step Friday as President Putin annexed Ukrainian territories. The move prompted Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to submit an accelerated NATO application and US to impose more sanctions on the country.