Gleeful Ukrainians run into the arms of troops who stand on Russian flags in city reclaimed from invaders as Kyiv takes back dozens of settlements and videos show burnt out enemy tanks

Daily Mail ^ | 9/9/2022 | Chris Jewers

[marcusmaximus]

Ukrainian soldiers are being welcomed as heroes by gleeful residents who have lived under Russian occupation for months, as Kyiv continues to retake dozens of settlements from the clutches of Vladimir Putin's forces.

Videos and pictures have emerged showing troops standing victoriously on top of Russian flags in the liberated city Balakliia, while others have been shown in footage discovering the burnt out wreckages of enemy tanks.

The images come as swiftly advancing Ukrainian troops were bearing down on the main railway supplying Moscow's forces in the east on Friday, after the sudden collapse of a section of the Russian front-line - caused the most dramatic shift in the war's momentum since its early weeks.

In a video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian troops had 'liberated dozens of settlements' and reclaimed more than 385 square miles of territory in the east and south in the past week alone.

Zelensky posted a video in which Ukrainian soldiers said they had captured the eastern town of Balakliia, which lies along a stretch of front stretching south of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.

In one clip from the city, a Ukrainian flag can be seen flying on a roof. At the foot of the flag pole, three Ukrainian soldiers - reportedly from the Kraken Special Branch - pose with their weapons, standing or crouching on top of a Russian flag that has been pulled down.

Another Ukrainian soldier was pictured posing on the steps of what appears to be a government building. The soldier, holding his weapon on the air, is beaming from ear-to-ear. At his feet, a Russian tri-colour and red Soviet Union flag both lie in tatters. Above him, the yellow and blue of a Ukrainian flag can be seen flying on the building.

[tlozo]

Regardless, still does not change what I posted and linked, most of the fighting has been done by Russian Ukrainian irregulars and militia and only a small fraction, other than massed Russian artillery, has been utilized.

LOL, you posted a link to a blogger, who claimed "only a small fraction"... has been utilized, who did not substantiate his claim. vs pentagon claims 75% of Russian combat forces are in Ukraine and French sources that put the number at 80%.

[cranked]

You fail easily to realize just who that “blogger” is.....

A veteran of the CIA and the State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism.

Provided training to the US Military’s Special Operations community for 24 years.

Would and will continue to take his analysis over that of anyone within the US/UK/NATO/EU military, etc. any day. Bet.

[tlozo]

A veteran of the CIA and the State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism.

And his current sources are?

[cranked]

Ask him, yeah?
Each of his article’s has a posting section.....

Still does not change his overall assessment or analysis.
As par, attack the messenger, not the message.
And many to this day still wonder why Jesus Christ was crucified.
Go figure.

[tlozo]

The ‘fake republics’ you refer to are regions that asked for the Russians to intervene to stop the years of Ukrainian atrocities, shelling, etc. against the Russian Ukrainian citizens in the south and southeast Ukraine region(s).

That's complete and utter nonsense. Putin intervened immediately in 2014 with his 'little green men' setting up these 'fake republics'.

Although in 2014 the Russian government often denied direct involvement, saying their soldiers were there voluntarily and not under orders, some of them had been captured with documents that said otherwise. The separatists have admitted receiving supplies from Russia and being trained there. BBC reported that separatist ranks are composed of thousands of Russian citizens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas

[tlozo]

Still does not change his overall assessment or analysis.

Of course it does. When the Pentagon says 75% of Russian combat forces are in Ukraine and you're blogger says its "only a small fraction... has been utilized", you have to question his analysis.

[Williams]

What’s your motive pal? You seem to live in a swamp of Russian propaganda.

Meanwhile Ukrainians are killing Russians to expel them from Ukraine.

Maybe you should offer the Russians a tissue to wipe up their blood.

[cranked]

I am not your pal.

Kmart offers weekly Blue Light Specials on Kleenex.

And Russians, as well as Russian Ukrainian citizens who are fighting along side Russian forces, irregulars and militas are killing Ukrainians ZelenskyyIdiot forces.

It’s called war/conflict.

[Cronos]

Mackie

your army is losing

[mac_truck]

[JoeRender]

Lets hope the Russians give up. But I doubt it.