Has Ukraine Claimed Back What Belongs To It?
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Alaina
- . October 1, 2022
- . Update: November 11, 2022 12:32 am
As Russia thinks it is doing a great thing by fighting Ukraine out of its guts and taking the whole western world by storm, it has been in for a rude shock as Ukraine has overthrown it and taken key eastern city of Lyman back into its control.
Videos have been going viral showing troops waiving the blue and yellow national flag and performing a victory dance.
It has been seen as an embarrassment for Vladimir Putin as admitted by the Russian ministry of defence when they shared that their soldiers had retreated. The embarrassment comes after Putin’s declaration that the Donetsk region was ‘forever’ with Russia.
Putin’s high-stakes strategy to boost support at home for his war appeared to be unravelling. Also, Putin continues to use primitive methods when it comes to social media handling and media reporting, making it easier for criticism to flow more rapidly about his ways.
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Russian nationalist bloggers have landed up venting their fury at the military command in Moscow, while Chechnya’s president Ramzan Kadyrov published a scathing critique of its multiple failures.
Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Kadyrov called on the Kremlin to consider using a “low-yield nuclear weapon” after its Lyman setback. He asked sarcastically what cities Russia would forfeit next, adding: “Everything would be good if it wasn’t so bad.”
While Ukrainians have not been known to be cruel, their stance in war has changed after the horrors that their comrades have faced at the hands of Russian troops. Surrender was asked while the region was claimed back.
Video showed the apparent aftermath of an artillery strike, with burned-out vehicles by the side of a forest road, personal belongings strewn in the mud and dead Russian soldiers. Dozens and possibly hundreds of other Russian servicemen appear to have been captured.
Russian military bloggers reported that Ukrainian servicemen had entered the centre of the city, and were handing out food to residents. They conceded Lyman’s fall had done “serious damage” to Moscow’s reputation. They pointed out that the city – in theory at least – was now a part of the Russian Federation.
