A group of Russian soldiers were targeted in a late night attack in Eastern Ukraine.
Footage has emerged purportedly showing a group of Russian soldiers violently "scattering" after their envoy was targeted in a strike.
The footage was published by @Rinegati on X, formerly Twitter, which has been tracking the ongoing war in Ukraine. The account identified the location as Avdiivka, a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine which recently got taken by Russia.
The account said: "A group of Russian military personnel literally scatters after a night arrival from Ukrainian artillerymen. The video was filmed near Avdiivka."
An explosion took place in eastern Europe
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In the footage, a group of people can be seen walking along a rural lane when the explosion hits. The group are then seen scattering as the explosion hits.
There has been heavy fighting in the East of the country, with bitter fighting near the city of Avdiivka which was taken by Russia earlier this year.
Russia's capture of Avdiivka gave the Kremlin's forces breathing room in defending the Russia-held regional centre of Donetsk, 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the east.
Putin's troops subsequently seized a cluster of villages near the Avdiivka. However, in the past week, Ukrainian military spokespersons have said that Russian forces were no longer advancing and Ukrainian troops had improved their position.
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Avdiivka has seen heavy shelling
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President Zelensky said: "We can no longer speak of a city as everything has been destroyed in Avdiivka."
He added that Ukrainian forces had downed large numbers of Russian aircraft and "continue to act in a strong manner in the Black Sea," where Russian military targets have come under repeated attack.
Earlier this week, Putin told the West that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the US sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the conflict.
The Kremlin has now said the comments made by the 71-year-old did not constitute a threat to use nuclear weapons.
President Zelensky said Ukraine continue to perform in the Black Sea
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin was merely answering a journalist's questions.
He restating the already well known circumstances in which Russia would theoretically be forced to use nuclear weapons.
Meanwhile, chief of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, downplayed the possibility of a nuclear war saying: "I don't think we see, at the moment, conditions for the use of nuclear weapons, if we are referring to the war in Ukraine."
