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One day after Russian President Putin announced the annexation of four Ukrainian states, Ukraine took back one city.
Analysts also say that the risk of using tactical nuclear weapons is growing as Russia is on the defensive.
By Kim Yong-cheol, staff reporter.
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Ukrainian soldiers toss the Russian flag from the roof of the building and raise the Ukrainian flag.
The city council building in Limansi, a transportation hub in Donetsk, one of the four states that Russia annexed.
[Zelensky/President of Ukraine: Ukraine's march will continue.
The Ukrainian flag has already been raised in Lehman.
The battle continues.]
Ukrainian forces are strengthening counterattacks in the four states, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporiza, and Kherson, where Russia has declared annexation.
Following the restoration of Igeum last month, the strategically important Liman was also restored the day after Russia declared annexation.
[Austin/US Secretary of Defense: Russian troops have been transporting troops and supplies west and south through Lehman.
Without that supply route, the Russian army would be unable to advance and would be in trouble.]
After annexing the four Ukrainian states, Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to defend the territory by all means.
However, in the eighth month of the invasion of Ukraine, opposition to the conscription order to supplement the shortage of troops is growing, being pushed back by the Ukrainian forces from various places.
The New York Times reported that the risk of Russia's use of tactical nuclear weapons to quell internal dissatisfaction and subsequent defeat is far greater.
(Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)