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Ukraine releases Call Of Duty-style footage of soldiers storming Russian positions & killing 34 in fierce gun battles
Footage shows the Ukrainian special forces firing on Russian positions
THIS is the dramatic moment Ukrainian soldiers fire upon Russian positions, killing 34 enemy soldiers.
The intense five-minute footage shows soldiers clearing enemy infantry and an anti-tank firing missile position, all whilst pushing the Russian forces back.
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The footage was shared by the Ukrainian 13th brigade of the National Guard on Telegram.
The footage was also uploaded to social media site Reddit.
Tanks can be seen barrelling down roads and blasting through wooded areas, knocking down trees and pushing through to enemy territory.
Aerial strike footage and mortars firing on the ground are also seen, with several point of view shots of soldiers firing guns and moving through the woods.
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Bullets are shown rapidly hitting the ground out of machine guns and Ukrainian soldiers rush out of tanks and immediately encounter enemies in the tall grass.
Soldiers are seen diving down into cover in the woods, hiding behind trees and hills to avoid the enemy fire.
Brigade commander Colonel Ihor Obolensky stressed the amount of preparation that went into their mission: "Success in battle depends on luck and preparation.
"We cannot influence luck, but we can influence the training and coordination of our fighters and commanders, the ability to make decisions in the face of a lack of time, information and resources, and the ability to respond to a change in the situation on the battlefield."
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Comments underneath the Reddit post show support for Ukraine, with one commenter saying: "That's some fantastic work!" and another reading "These guys are ruthless warriors."
Ukraine has fought back, with their daring excursion into the Russian-occupied territory of Kursk and the capture of 1,300 square kilometres of additional Russian territory including a valuable gas and export pipeline.
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Vladimir Putin has since criticised this attack, claiming that it has done little to turn the tide of the war, failing to slow Russia's advancements in the east.
Putin said that the Russian army is slowly pushing the Ukrainian forces out of Kursk.
However, he has also expressed a desire for peace talks, in a huge moment that could mark a significant moment in the war.
The ageing dictator said that Russia had some encouraging words for a possible peace deal.
He said: "If there is a desire of Ukraine to carry on with the negotiations, I can do that."
Putin also suggested that China, India and Brazil could be mediators in peace talks.
The talks have been floated before, however Putin previously insisted that Russia would keep hold of occupied Ukrainian territory.
Kyiv has previously said it will not directly engage with Russia during any negotiations to end the war and has been steadfast on not giving up any of its territory.
It comes mere weeks after Ukraine launched a surprise attack on August 6 from the Sumy province - near the border with Russia.
They now claim to control over 500 square miles of Putin's territory in Russia’s worst defeat on home soil since World War Two.
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Despite talks of peace, Russia has launched a fresh a wave of air strikes targeting Ukrainian cities.
A strike on the Western city of Lviv on September 4 left seven people dead, including a mother and her three daughters.
The mayor of Lviv revealed Yaroslav Bazylevych had tragically lost his wife Evgenia, 43, and three daughters - Emilia, seven, Daryna, 18, and Yaryna, 21, - as one of the missiles struck their apartment building.
Heartbreaking pictures show a dazed and bloodied Yaroslav being held up by medics as he followed his daughter's body on a stretcher.
The attack in Lviv came one day before a Russian strike on the city of Poltava killed 51 people and injured 271, with military personnel amongst those who died.
Russian Islander missiles scored a direct hit on a parade ground and canteen as electronic warfare trainees gathered in Poltava in northeastern Ukraine.
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Dozens of military recruits scrambled for cover after being alerted by sirens but were blown up in the blast before they could reach for safety.
The attack was aimed at cadets from specialist military unit A3990 at the Institute of Communications but also damaged a nearby hospital.
Is Putin's 'peace talks' offer sincere?
By Alan Mendoza, Founder and the Executive Director of the Henry Jackson Society
Vladimir Putin is not known for making offers out of the goodness of his heart.
So his sudden interest in peace talks to end the Ukraine War must be on account of something other than a genuine desire to end the bloodshed he initiated in 2022 by invading Ukraine.
The reason is likely obvious: it has finally dawned on Putin that a war that was supposed to be over in days has no easy end.
Ukraine’s surprise August invasion of Russia’s Kursk province will have played a factor in his thinking.
Putin has long posed as the champion of Russian security. Yet he has been unable to reverse a humiliating seizure of Russian land.
With the prospect of Ukraine soon being able to use long-range missiles to target Russian missile and air bases, the immediate future looks challenging for Putin.
His raising of peace talks are an acknowledgement that Ukrainian successes are unnerving him.
But before we get too excited, Putin has not revealed any of the terms he is offering.
And if they involve punishing Ukraine by forcing it to give up territory, then they will be unacceptable.
So the onus must now be on Putin outlining what he is proposing, without allowing him to stall for time, or to disrupt Ukraine’s advances.
It is military pressure on Putin that has got us to this point.
It will need to continue for us to be certain that he is really considering ending this terrible war of his own making.
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