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Ukrainian soldiers threw Russian flags to the ground from Lyman city hall in a video documenting the liberation of the city.

Lyman, Donetsk
Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Ukrainian soldiers (military_unit) Lyman city hall (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Lyman (location) National Guard of Ukraine (military_unit) T-72B3 tank (weapon_system) Donetsk Oblast (location) Su-34 (weapon_system) Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Torske (location) Kreminna (location) Russian occupiers (military_unit) Ukrainian military (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Ukraine (organization) Russia (organization) Russian troops (military_unit) Russian military (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) Donetsk (location) Liman (location) Kremennya (location) Severodonetsk (location) Serhii Haidai (person) Luhansk Regional Military Administration (organization)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian soldiers threw Russian flags to the ground from Lyman city hall in a video documenting the liberation of the city.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

As of 12:30 on October 2, 2022, Lyman has been completely cleared of Russian forces.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on October 2 that Ukraine had established full control over Lyman.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian military raised the state flag in Lyman on October 1.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Lyman was completely cleared of Russian troops as of October 2.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian defenders entered Lyman and removed Russian and DPR flags.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the escape from Lyman.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.060Z

Source story: day-221-2023-02-13