The retaking of Lyman came a day after Putin proclaimed the annexation of nearly a fifth of Ukraine, including Donetsk,. and placed the regions under Russia's nuclear umbrella. Kyiv and the West condemned the ornate ceremony as an illegitimate farce.
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