Soldiers have captured the Russian-occupied village of Robotyne and placed a Ukrainian flag on a bombed-out building.
Robotyne was captured by Ukrainian troops last week as part of the military's ongoing counter-offensive against Russia.
Ukraine's military said that this successful operation was the breakthrough needed to push deeper into Russian-held Ukrainian territory.
Robotyne is six miles south of the front line of the war and marks the furthest push yet towards the Sea of Azov, a point in which Russian-held territory would be split into two.
Russia had held Robotyne since the early days of the invasion in 2022.
00:00 At first we carried out the operation at night, we approached the building unnoticed, not for art, not for the concerts that were on the fire.
00:09 We entered the building, cleaned it, but because it was quite dark and the night vision device does not allow us to monitor the whole building,
00:23 we were not sure that we would find ourselves on some stretch, because the direction was very mined,
00:30 so we did not risk our lives and health of the personnel, so we fixed it on the first floor, at the front door.
00:38 Mr. President, Mr. Chief Commander of the National Front "Rabatino" of the Zaporozhye region,
00:44 in the name of the occupiers, the whole 47th Regional Commissariat of the National Guard and the joint units
00:50 of the National Guard of the Ukrainian Federation, I declare the opening of the flag of each Ukrainian city. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
00:57 When the day had already come, there was light, we had more opportunities to better navigate the town, check.
01:05 We were convinced that the building was strong enough to go to the roof, and it was already decided to fix it higher,
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