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Head of Russian-backed Donetsk separatists says front around fallen stronghold of Lyman ‘stabilizing’

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MOSCOW — Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-installed separatist administration in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, said on Wednesday that the frontline around the town of Lyman, which Ukraine retook over the weekend, was “stabilizing,” Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported.

RIA also cited Pushilin as saying that Russian units were reinforcing defensive lines near Lyman, amid Ukrainian successes across a range of fronts.

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Reuters was unable to verify the battlefield reports. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Alex Richardson)