Ukraine celebrates capturing key town, Putin ally mulls possible nuclear response

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KYIV: Ukrainian troops said they had taken the key bastion of Lyman in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin to call f

in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin to call for the possible use of low-grade nuclear weapons.of nearly a fifth of Ukraine - including Donetsk, where Lyman is located - and placed the regions under Russia's nuclear umbrella. Kyiv and the West condemned the ornate ceremony as an illegitimate farce.

Hours earlier, Russia's defence ministry had announced it was pulling troops out of the area"in connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement". "Over the past week, the number of Ukrainian flags in Donbas has increased. There will be even more a week's time," the president said in an evening video address.

"Without those routes, it will be more difficult. So it presents a sort of a dilemma for the Russians going forward." "In my personal opinion, more drastic measures should be taken, right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-yield nuclear weapons," Kadyrov wrote on Telegram before Zelenskyy spoke., have suggested Russia may need to resort to nuclear weapons, but Kadyrov's call was the most urgent and explicit.

 

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