MIRACLE ESCAPE
Moment giant unexploded bomb removed from flat in Ukrainian city that Russian forces have totally destroyed
THIS is the incredible moment a giant Russian bomb is removed from a flat in a city totally destroyed by Kremlin forces.
The explosive device’s removal meant a miracle escape for those inside the block but others in the city of Chernihiv have been less fortunate.
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Russian forces have been accused of deliberately killing civilians in the city after 47 people died in one attack allegedly using deadly cluster bombs last week,
One person was killed today and another injured in a Russian airstrike that destroyed a residential block, emergency services said.
A widow fleeing the city with her teenage son described the harrowing scenes they witnessed during their days-long journey from their bombed hometown.
The 44-year-old Elena Yurchuk worked as a nurse at a local hospital she says no longer exists.
"Our city is under siege and we barely escaped," she said.
"People in cars are blown up by mines, a car with children and a young family was blown up literally behind us."
Yurchuk described Chernihiv as a ghost town with no electricity when they left.
It comes as Putin has destroyed an entire city of 21,000 people in eastern Ukraine
In the footage from Chernihiv the bomb can be seen being gingerly lifted out of the flat through the large hole it came through.
The device is then loaded onto the back of a lorry and then taken away.
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Horrifying pictures from Chernihiv show blocks of flats turned to smouldering ruins.
Chilling video filmed in the aftermath showed bodies strewn across the streets in one of the hardest-hit regions of the conflict.
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Windows were shattered in the blast, while burned-out cars scatter the road following the strike on Thursday.
Dashcam footage verified by Reuters captures the moment a flurry of rockets hit the city of around 290,000 people.
The city and administrative centre of Volnovakha has been completely wiped out amid Russia's annihilation, its regional governor revealed - as the battle for Ukraine continues to get bloodier.
Russian-backed separatists claimed on Friday to have captured the strategic city, which is the same size as Truro in Cornwall.
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Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region, said most civilians in Volnovakha had escaped - but there was barely anything left of the city.
He told reporters today: "In general, Volnovakha with its infrastructure as such no longer exists."
Horrific images showed Russian soldiers and armoured vehicles in Volnovakha - surrounded by burnt-out buildings in the completely gutted city.
The battle around the capital is raging on as Russian forces close in, with brave Ukrainian soldiers setting up tank traps on the streets to repel invaders.
Putin's troops are inching closer and are believed to be just 15 miles from the city as terrified Ukrainians continue to flee their homes.
Meanwhile, Russia was accused of killing seven people - including a child - who were making a last-ditch attempt to flee the warzone on Saturday.
Ukraine's intelligence service said Russian troops fired at a convoy of civilian evacuees from the village of Peremoha in the Kyiv region.
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They said in a statement: "After the attack, the occupiers forced the remnants of the column to turn back to Peremoha and are not letting them out of the village.
"Russians shot a column of women and children while trying to evacuate from the village of Peremoha in the Kyiv region along an agreed 'green' corridor. Seven people died, including one child."
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