'There are TVs and everything. We just need a vehicle to get it all out of here,' a Russian man said.
A video filmed in the eastern town of Avdiivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region appears to show a Russian looter rejoicing over war spoils.The footage was shared on Sunday to X, formerly Twitter, by Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs, weeks after Ukrainian forces withdrew from the embattled fortress town of Avdiivka. It fell to Russian forces on February 17, marking Moscow's biggest victory.
I'm a volunteer,' he continued. 'Larisa, I love you! Larisa, there is everything in these houses. There are TVs and everything. We just need a vehicle to get it all out of here.'Avdiivka, which had a pre-war population of 32,000, had been a key focus for Moscow since October 2023, and the battle for the region earned the label of 'meat grinder.' The term describes the prolonged battles that occurred and racked up high casualty counts and absorbed significant resources.
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