Ukrainian soldiers remove two Russian flags from a square in Lyman after Russian troops were forced to pull out of the city. Lyman is in Donetsk - one of the Ukrainian regions that was annexed by President Putin in a ceremony in Moscow on Friday. Latest:
Live reporting by Tom Gillespie, updates from Alex Crawford in eastern Ukraine and Diana Magnay in MoscowLuke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill has shown his support for the people of Ukraine - telling President Volodymyr Zelenksyy and his people"may the force be with you" in a message of solidarity.
Mr Yusin later said on the Russian state TV broadcast:"Ask anyone here, when they're in the make-up room. He continues:"Lyman a disaster for the Russians. The Kherson pocket could lose 15,000 Russian prisoners. The mobilisation a disaster. All pressures on Putin criminal action might generate a desperate reaction. He's unravelling."Ukrainian soldiers have removed Russian flags from a square near the city council building in the liberated city of Lyman.
The briefing states:"Putin's unusually rapid acknowledgement of problems highlights the dysfunction of the mobilisation over its first week."They have almost certainly drafted some personnel who are outside the definitions claimed by Putin and the Ministry of Defence."Good morning, here's what you may have missed over the weekend as Ukraine now appears to be making significant gains on two fronts.
EU ambassadors are meeting to discuss the latest package of sanctions against Russia, notably a price cap on Russian seaborne oil exports - though roadblocks could be put up by Hungary, Cyprus, Greece and Malta.Ukraine's president says the country's forces have liberated the small settlements of Arkhanhelske and Myrolyubivka in the Kherson region in the south.
He also said the abduction of the director-general of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was an act of Russian terror. Lyman is their biggest win on the battlefield in weeks, and the first since President Vladimir Putin declared this Russian territory.Seizing Lyman it is hoped will be the launchpad to reclaim even more land in the east.Now they're pushing forward. The road to Lyman is littered with the discards of fierce fighting but the Ukrainians say they have also surrounded their enemy in parts of Lysychansk nearly 60km away.
There are enormous craters which have utterly changed the geography around here and ripped the heart out of the town.Irina said:"These borders that they're trying to change. It's for those who divide. They divide big money between them and they don't care about us people, the people who are living here. I'm sorry because a lot of my friends died. Big politics is filthy."The Russians are still on the edges of Bakhmut fighting, and making their presence very much felt.
Ukraine has been seeing more attacks from Iranian-made kamikaze drones in recent weeks, costing lives and causing serious damage to infrastructure. Ben Wallace says the government will acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure such as cables and pipelines.