Posted on 04/02/2022 1:56:42 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Residents of a village east of Kyiv in Ukraine were liberated from Russian occupation on Thursday, according to reports.
A video widely shared on social media purportedly showed how the people of the village, identified as Nova Basan, were overwhelmed with joy to greet their country’s servicemen and women.
The village, located in the Chernihiv region, is about 55 miles east of Kyiv.
Ukrainian forces reportedly entered Nova Basan in Chernihiv Oblast pic.twitter.com/zgadq47nd3 — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 1, 2022
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Radio Free Liberty reported that the Ukrainian General Staff of the Armed Forces identified Nova Basan as liberated from the Russians on Friday morning.
“After the departure of the enemy, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine took control of the settlements of Rudnya, Shevchenkove, Bobryk, Stara Basan, Nova Basan, Makeyevka, Pogreby, Bazhanivka, Volodymyrivka, Shnyakivka, Salne, Sofiivka, Gavrylivka,” the high command of the Ukrainian military in a statement.
The village was recaptured as Ukrainian forces advanced through the Chernihiv region following a Russian retreat in the area, according to Reuters.
The outlet reported that Ukrainian officials said the towns of Bucha, Ivankiv and Borodyanka in the northern Kyiv region also had been retaken, although it said it was “unable to verify immediately the information.”
In the Nova Basan video, residents — seemingly traumatized by a brief experience of Russian occupation — greeted the Ukrainian soldiers with fruits and gifts.
A Twitter user provided a translation of the words exchanged between Ukrainian troops and civilians.
One civilian said his house had been hit with machine-gun fire during the occupation, according to the translation.
A Ukrainian soldier confirmed that the forces were entering the town for the first time and that fighting against Russian forces in the region hadn’t yet concluded. english pic.twitter.com/moPYmwwN04 — Dmitri (@mdmitri91) March 31, 2022
Russian authorities announced they were pulling back troops from the Chernihiv and Kyiv regions following fierce resistance from Ukrainians to defend their nation’s capital.
According to some accounts on Twitter, Ukrainian troops claimed to have captured several armored vehicles in the offensive liberating Nova Basan, including Russian T-72 tanks and personnel carriers.
Trophy T-72B3 in the liberated village of Nova Basan in the Chernihiv region pic.twitter.com/SAsCh2ozb3 — The RAGE X – Intel (@theragex) March 31, 2022
Video footage purportedly showed that buildings and businesses in the area were destroyed as a result of combat.
Visuals from Nova Basan, recaptured by Ukrainian forces. Two Russian BTR-82a captured by Ukrainian forces, one damaged. pic.twitter.com/iQa3w6Orkl — Bazooka Joe (@ww3ukrainewar) March 31, 2022
Footage of the aftermath of operations in the vicinity of Kyiv showed several destroyed Russian vehicles.
With the Ukrainians advancing in Kyiv Oblast, more Russian equipment (which were destroyed by artillery/drones of the UAF) are being filmed.#Russia #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/UzvBC2Sz2v — BlueSauron👁️ (@Blue_Sauron) March 31, 2022
The occupying troops apparently were willing to leave behind damaged equipment after abandoning hopes of capturing the city.
VIDEO Civilians Greet Their Liberators with Joy as Troops Take Back Village from Russia
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1509701889956487176
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@LeaderRasa
Proud to be Lithuanian 🇱🇹 Lithuania always stands for what is right. I remember Ukrainians were supporting Lithuania on 13th of January 1991 with the posters “Lithuanians, Ukraine is with you!” And now we are saying - Ukrainians, Lithuania is with you! 🙏
Nice - but sad so much of their community was destroyed...
Sad, radio free Europe was talking to them and 97% of the residents had left, only the ones physically unable to flee were still there.
When will the Putin Puffers be here claiming this is fake and Russia is really already in Kyiv?
https://twitter.com/i/events/1483255084750282753
a Genkin:
Pictures of some villages freed in Kyiv region, specifically Bucha, are devastating. Dead people lying outside of their houses, in what can only have been a “zachistka” - systemic execution of the men of each house. One body in front of every house.
“Russia have been using the genocide narrative as a pretext for its war on Ukraine.
Pictures of dead men with hands behind back, raped and killed women, coming from Kyiv suburbs show what a modern-era genocide looks like.
And we haven’t even counted the dead of Mariupol.”
Putin lies, people die
Didn’t think I would see it, but Russia is collapsing.
The poor kids that are going to be melting soon from digging in radioactive dirt are now in Belarus, and I bet their mother’s are going to be angry.
Long way to go, but no one, myself included, thought that Ukraine would be able to retake territory at this stage.
I’m very happy for these people now that the Soviets left - I do fear for the remaining citizens in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea.
The world is getting a reminder of just how the Red Army treated Ukraine in WWII. They are still animals today, just like 75 years ago.
AGREE
First PUTIN came for the Ukraine, a non NATO member
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Ukrainian.
Then PUTIN came for Malta & Cyprus, non NATO members
and I did not speak out
because I was not from Malta & Cyprus.
Then PUTIN came for Switzerland and Ireland, non NATO members and I did not speak out
because I was not from Switzerland and Ireland.
Then PUTIN came for Finland and Sweden, non NATO members.
and I did not speak out
because I was not from Finland and Sweden
Then PUTIN came for the rest of the world
And there was no non NATO members left
To speak out for my people and your people.
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