Russia awarded medals to soldiers it said had destroyed western tanks, as the head of the Wagner group said he would not sign a contract with the defence ministry emmareyn reports
Ukrainian soldiers place a Ukrainian flag at a building during an operation that claims to liberate the first village in the counteroffensive in Blahodatne, Donetsk Ukraine has released video showing soldiers placing the national flag in the window of a damaged building during what the army said was the liberation of the first village in the counteroffensive.
“The invaders resisted to the last, but could not withstand the onslaught of unrestrained wolverines!” the forces said on Facebook.German-made Leopard tanks The battlefield claims from both sides could not immediately be verified, but the escalating rhetoric shows the war is reaching a new intensity after Ukrainian president Volodymyr ZelenskyThe competing claims came as the head of the Wagner group of mercenaries said on Sunday that his fighters would not sign any contract with Mr Shoigu, publicly refusing an attempt by the defence ministry to bring his fighting force under control.
An aerial view of a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam was breached in Russia’s attack in Kherson
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