Freedom of Russia Legion shows how frontline city of Orikhiv looks now — video

The Freedom of Russia Legion has released a video showcasing the devastated state of Orikhiv, a frontline city in Zaporizhzhya Oblast.

The city, once thriving with peaceful families, now stands in ruins with 80% of its infrastructure destroyed by Russian shelling.

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The legion, which has been deployed in Orikhiv, documented the aftermath of Russian aggression against Ukraine, which will “stain the Russian people for many more decades.”

“80% of the city is destroyed by the ‘Russian world.’ In each of these black windows, peaceful families lived just two years ago,” the Legion said in a post on the Telegram messenger app.

The footage shows damaged residential high-rises in the Zavodsky district, with traces of fires and shelling evident throughout.

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Ukrainian forces started to advance south of Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhya Oblast at the beginning of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the summer. Over a period of several weeks, Ukraine made a small advance to the village of Robotyne to the south of Orikhiv, but the advance no appears to have stalled.

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