Russian tanks destroyed by Ukrainian fighters were on display in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
In the early days of the war, Russian tanks were seen on social media traveling through Obolonsky, just 8 miles from downtown Kyiv.
Bellingcat investigators also geolocated a Russian armored column in March outside Brovary, an eastern suburb of Kyiv where Ukrainian forces were ambushed.
They were repulsed. Now the rusty tanks and armored vehicles are sitting defeated in the central square of St. Michaels in the city.
People view a Russian tank and armored vehicles that are on display in St. Michael’s Square for public viewing on May 21, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Hundreds of tanks were destroyed in the initial phase of the war. Getty People view Russian tank and armored vehicles that are on display in St. Michaels Square for public viewing on May 21, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russian tanks were plagued by technical problems. Getty
Yaroslav Trofimov, chief correspondent for The Wall Street Journal of Foreign Affairs, tweeted photos of people posing with the tanks on display on Sunday. “On the 88th day of the war, Russian tanks finally entered Kyiv,” he said.
The photos show people watching the tanks, taking pictures next to them and even climbing on top of one of them.
The photos also show domestic goats named Zita and Mira, who are interested in one of the tanks and can be seen looking at the destroyed vehicle in many photos.
Goat pets Zita and Mira interrupt the broadcast of television reporters while examining a destroyed Russian tank and armored vehicles, which are on display in St. Michael’s Square, for public viewing on May 21, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russian forces have shifted their efforts to the eastern regions of Ukraine. Goats of Getty Pet Zita and Myra are examining destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles, which are on display in St. Michael’s Square for public viewing on May 21, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia lost numerous armored vehicles during the war. Getty Pet goats Zita and Mira are examining destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles that were on display in St. Michael’s Square for public viewing on May 21, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The President of Ukraine said that the country will not cede territory to Russia. Getty
Newsweek contacted the office of the Ukrainian president for comment.
Following Russia’s failed attempts to take over Ukraine, Moscow shifted the focus of its war to the eastern separatist regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.
While Vladimir Putin’s campaign failed to quickly settle the war and force the Ukrainian government to capitulate, Russian forces managed to exercise control over the country’s eastern and southern regions.
The regions controlled by Putin’s army are mostly Russian-speaking, where pro-Moscow sentiment is high.
Control of this territory gives Putin a land bridge to Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected any ceasefire or peace agreement that would lead to the surrender of any of its territories to Russia.
On Saturday, Zelensky told the nation that the war would end through diplomacy and that Russian control over Ukrainian soil was only temporary.
Zelensky’s adviser Mikhail Podoliak added in an interview with Reuters: “The war will not stop (after concessions. It will just be paused for a while. They will launch a new offensive, even more so, bloody and large-scale.”
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