WAR IN UKRAINE: Ukraine Blasts Through Russian Front Lines And Retakes City Of Balaklia In Surprise Push

Ukrainian defenders with the Russian tricolor under their feet and a raised Ukrainian flag announce the liberation of Balakliia in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022.
Balakliia  is a city in Izium Raion, in Kharkiv Oblast eastern Ukraine, on the north-east side of the Siverskyi Donets river close to where it is joined by the Balakliika river which runs through the city.
Note: This picture is a screenshot from the video.
(@V_Zelenskiy_official/Newsflash) Ukrainian defenders with the Russian tricolor under their feet and a raised Ukrainian flag announce the liberation of Balakliia in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022. Balakliia is a city in Izium Raion, in Kharkiv Oblast eastern Ukraine, on the north-east side of the Siverskyi Donets river close to where it is joined by the Balakliika river which runs through the city. Note: This picture is a screenshot from the video. (@V_Zelenskiy_official/Newsflash)
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09 September 2022
This footage shows the Ukrainian flag flying high while three Ukrainian special forces soldiers from the Kraken Special Branch stand with their boots on the Russian flag in the freshly retaken city of Balaklia. In the video, the Ukrainian soldier in the middle says (in Ukrainian): "Mr President, Mr...