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National Guardsmen place Ukrainian flag behind Russian lines in Donetsk region
In the Donetsk region, pilots from the Chervona Kalyna Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard used a drone at night to plant a Ukrainian flag on a tower controlled by the Russian army
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This was reported by the Khortytsia troop grouping.
"In the morning, as the sky, worn out by constant explosions and smoke, stirred awake, our blue-and-yellow flag waved above the ground — a symbol of unbreakable will and resistance," the military wrote.
The Khortytsia grouping of forces added that with this act, the National Guardsmen sent a clear message to the occupying forces: their presence here is temporary.
- On Wednesday, January 29, Ukrainian soldiers refuted Russian claims of capturing the settlement of Novoyehorivka in the Luhansk region.
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