Zelenskyy: Russian forces not on Lyman outskirts

There are no Russian troops on the outskirts of the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have eliminated all attempts by the enemy to penetrate, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

"The situation in Kupyansk has improved. Pokrovsk is a difficult situation, but much is being done to destroy the occupier. On the outskirts of Lyman, someone was constantly spreading disinformation, but there are no Russians there, only our troops are there, and all attempts by the Russians to penetrate have been eliminated," Zelenskyy said during a meeting with journalists on Sunday.

According to the president, the situation in the Novopavlivka direction at the intersection of the administrative borders of the Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions remains quite difficult.

"It happened that they (the Russians - IF-U) took eight villages on the administrative border with the Dnipro region. Then ours retook four. Now they are still fighting for the others," said the head of state.

According to Zelenskyy, the situation near Sumy has improved.