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As Ukraine smashes through more Russian lines, Russians wonder whom to blame

Ukrainian forces advance in Luhansk and Kherson

Oct 3rd 2022

ON OCTOBER 3rd, Russia’s lower house rubber-stamped Vladimir Putin’s attempt to annex four Ukrainian provinces. But Ukraine is paying no attention. Forty-eight hours before Russian deputies rose to their feet to applaud the unanimous vote, Ukrainian tanks had rolled into Lyman, a strategic hub in the eastern province of Donetsk that Mr Putin claimed as his own. Later that evening, six Ukrainian battalions pierced enemy lines 200 miles away, in north-east Kherson. By the time Russian soldiers were making SOS appeals for emergency aviation support via social media, the Ukrainians were already at least 12 miles (20km) behind enemy lines

It is unclear how far either operation will carry the Ukrainians. But at the very least, they represent a humiliating political defeat for Russia’s president, coming so soon after he tried to formalise the theft of land he does not fully control. If the four provinces are part of Russia, they are presumably sheltered by its nuclear umbrella. Yet Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, cannot even say where their borders lie. Speaking on October 3rd, he waffled as he tried to define them. 

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The New York Times, October 3, 2022

By Carole Landry Editor/Writer, Briefings Team

Welcome to the Russia-Ukraine War Briefing, your guide to the latest news and analysis about the conflict.

The Kremlin, in a sign of disarray, said it did not know the borders of the regions it recently claimed to have annexed. The director general of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, who was abducted by Russian forces on Friday, has been released. Russian rockets struck a hospital in Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, killing an anesthesiologist and injuring a nurse. Oil prices jumped as the OPEC Plus group, which includes Russia, considered a big cut in production. Get the latest updates here. Track the invasion with our maps.

Ukrainian soldiers in the town of Oskil, in eastern Ukraine, today.Nicole Tung for The New York Times

Ukraine’s big advance

After seizing control of Lyman in the Donetsk region on Saturday, Ukrainian forces pushed forward on two fronts in the east and in the south today. Russian troops were on the run.

Ukraine’s troops chased retreating Russian forces in the east and destroyed a Russian armored column near the village of Torske. Russian officials said that Ukrainian forces had set up positions closer to Lysychansk, which the Russians seized over the summer.

Capturing Lyman gave Ukraine’s military a foothold to try to advance farther east.Source: Institute for the Study of War | By The New York Times

Russia’s Defense Ministry acknowledged that Ukrainian tank units had managed to penetrate its line of defense in the south, in part of the Kherson region. A senior Ukrainian military official described the advance as the beginning of the active phase of an offensive.

The battlefield setbacks put a damper on the Kremlin’s plans for a triumphant day in Moscow. Russia’s lower house of parliament voted unanimously to ratify the illegal annexation of four occupied regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. President Vladimir Putin said last week the regions would be “forever” part of Russia.

Russia still controls large parts of eastern and southern Ukraine, and Moscow’s forces still hold the advantage in numbers and firepower. Analysts said Ukraine’s military risked advancing too quickly, overstretching its forces and becoming vulnerable to a counterattack.

On the ground in eastern Ukraine, my colleague, Carlotta Gall, interviewed an American who commands a unit of international and Ukrainian volunteers. “The Russians have been retreating,” said the commander, Rob Roy, 26, who uses the code name Borys. “We broke their lines and have been pursuing them since.”

Roy said that many of the Russian conscripts were in poor shape.

“Lots of times they were wearing flip-flops, malnourished,” he said. “It does not scream of a well-mobilized army. My feeling is they don’t want to be here.”

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1. I Lived in Russia? Annexation Is News to Key City Reclaimed by Ukraine.

   Without access to electricity, radios or the internet, residents of Lyman said they were unaware of President Vladimir V. Putin’s grandiose celebration of an illegal land grab.

   11h agoBy Andrew E. Kramer and Nicole Tung

2. 1. 

      Ukrainian Troops Hunt Demoralized Russian Stragglers in Seized City

      A major Russian newspaper said the Russian troops, facing defeat in Lyman, had fled with “empty eyes” after barely escaping with their lives.

      1d ago

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      Ukraine Forces Retake Lyman, a Strategic City, as Russians Retreat

      Russia’s withdrawal from the city comes one day after Moscow illegally annexed the surrounding region.

      2d agoBy Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Andrew E. Kramer, Anton Troianovski and Catherine Porter

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      With Bluster and Threats, Putin Casts the West as the Enemy

      Declaring that Russia would annex four regions of Ukraine, which the West rejects as illegal, the Russian president accused the U.S. and its allies of “despotism’’ and “Satanism.’’

      September 30, 2022By Anton Troianovski and Valerie Hopkins

1. In Retreat on Ukrainian Fronts, Russia Shows Signs of Disarray

   Confusion and recriminations marked the Russian efforts to call up draftees and claim sovereignty over Ukrainian territory, as well as the Russian response to battlefield setbacks.

   By Andrew E. Kramer, Carlotta Gall and Anton Troianovski

   In Washington, Putin’s Nuclear Threats Stir Growing Alarm

   In a gathering Cold War atmosphere, American officials are gaming out responses should Russia resort to battlefield nuclear weapons.

   By David E. Sanger, Anton Troianovski and Julian E. Barnes

   Oct. 1, 2022

   

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   Ukrainian Troops Attach Flag to Lyman Sign

   Russian troops withdrew from Lyman, a city in eastern Ukraine, one day after President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed four regions in the country.