LATEST UPDATES: Russia forces ‘encircled’ in Lyman, Ukraine’s nuclear plant director detained

Ukraine has encircled Russia’s forces around the eastern town of Lyman, in an operation that is still under way, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Saturday.

The director-general of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been detained by a Russian patrol, according to Energoatom, the state agency in charge of the plant.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the annexation of territory seized in his invasion in four regions – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia – amounting to 15 percent of total Ukrainian territory on Friday.

Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Slovyansk and Hoda Abdel-Hamid from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports from Moscow.

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