Ukrainian officials reported on 25 April that Russian forces were killed in an explosion in the Kreminna City Hall by a gas explosion.[10] Russian forces control the city. Fighting continued throughout the night, with heavy artillery fire being shot around the streets. Russian forces later captured the city hall on the 19 April.[citation needed] That evening, Haidai reported that the remaining Ukrainian troops withdrew, giving Russian troops full control of the city.[11] By 27 May, most of the city of Lyman came under Russian control.[12]