the video that outrages the Kremlin before the world

Moscow suffered a humiliating military defeat this Saturday when Ukrainian troops liberated the key eastern city of Limán, with videos showing removing a Russian flag from the top of a sign and throwing it to the ground to be trampled on.

There is also another video in which you see raising a blue and yellow national flag and performing a victory dance on the border line of Limán. Social networks have once again played a decisive role in making the war visible and witnessing the advance of Zelensky’s men in recent weeks.

The Russian Defense Ministry admitted that its soldiers had withdrawn. They had been “retired to more advantageous lines” after Ukrainian forces surrounded them.

The debacle has come hours after Putin announced last Friday that the city, which is part of the Donetsk region, was “forever” from Russia. At a ceremony in the Kremlin he announced the annexation of the province of Donetskalong with the territories of Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia.

On Telegram, Kadyrov asked the Kremlin to consider the use of a “low-yield nuclear weapon” as a result of the setback in Limán. He sarcastically asked which cities Russia might lose next, adding: “Everything would be fine if it wasn’t so bad.”

On Saturday morning, the Ukrainian troops said that they had completely surrounded the citytrapping more than 5,000 Russian soldiers within. Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhiy Haidai said the besieged troops had begged on Friday to be allowed to leave Liman, but their commanders refused. The drone images Ukrainians on Friday showed a column of vehicles heading west, along with civilian vehicles.

[Rusia abandona Limán tras el cerco ucraniano, un día después de que Putin firmara su anexión]

The Kremlin debacle in Limán followed a series of advances by Ukrainian forces. Last month they almost completely liberated the northeastern region of Kharkov. On Saturday, its governor, Oleh Synyehubovassured that Russia had bombed a civilian evacuation convoykilling 20 people.

The attack appears to have occurred several days ago. According to reports, among the victims were several children. Images showed bodies slumped in cars and the skeletons of two passengers sitting in the front seats who appear to have been incinerated. Synyehubov asserted that Moscow was guilty of “cruelty that cannot be justified”.

On Thursday, Russian troops attacked another convoy waiting to enter Russian-controlled territory in Zaporizhiakilling 30 civilians, including two children, and wounding dozens.

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In the last days, the ukrainian battalions went further into the occupied territory around Liman. On Saturday Russia’s defenses collapsed. It was not clear how many Russian armored vehicles managed to escape.

The rapid collapse of the Russian forces in Lima opens the possibility of more Ukrainian victories. Ukrainian battalions can move northtowards the city of Svatoveor to the east, to Kreminna, according to the governor of Lugansk. Further on is a cluster of cities that Russia took over the summer after long battles: Sievierodonetsk, Rubizhne, and Lysychansk.

In its offensive in the Kharkov region, the Ukrainian command captured dozens of armored vehicles left behind by fleeing Russians, including T-90 tanks, fuel trucks and mortars. It was unclear how much Russian equipment had been left behind at Lyman.