The scenes were decidedly Russian.
Flags with the country’s signature three horizontal stripes of white, blue and red.
In the Russian town of Sverdlikovo, a Ukrainian soldier climbed onto another’s shoulders, broke off the wooden post anchored to a town council building and threw the Russian flag to the ground.
In Daryino, a town five miles to the west, other soldiers also grabbed a Russian flag.
“Just throw it away,” a Ukrainian soldier said, grinning, as another flexed his muscles.
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Organizations:
Gazprom, The New York Times
Locations:
Russian, Sverdlikovo, Ukrainian