Grisly scenes bear witness to the ferocity of fighting in Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian invaders. Read more at straitstimes.com.
STOROZHEVE, Ukraine - The road into the newly liberated Ukrainian village of Storozheve is lined with the corpses of Russian soldiers and burnt-out armoured vehicles.
Some of the dead Russian soldiers lay on the dusty ground beside the husks of their vehicles when Reuters journalists reached the village on Wednesday.Inside the village, the small one-storey houses that line the road have been badly damaged by shelling, their roofs completely gone or with gaping holes.The village was silent, its residents gone or staying out of sight.
A photograph posted online on Monday showed Ukrainian soldiers holding up the yellow and blue Ukrainian flag in front of a damaged home in Storozheve.One-storey houses that line the road in the Ukrainian village of Storozheve have been badly damaged by shelling. PHOTO: REUTERS The soldiers said about 50 Russian soldiers were killed in a “mopping-up operation” and four were taken prisoner.
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