On Saturday September 10, the streets of the Russian capital were abuzz with energy as Muscovites celebrated the 1147 founding of their city with lavish firework displays, parades and street parties.Yet just a few hundred miles away in , their countrymen were fleeing the frontline in their droves as a lightning Ukrainian counterattack overwhelmed Russian positions.By Sunday night, had consolidated their gains and liberated dozens of settlements, in one weekend relieving Vladimir 's army of some 3,000 square miles of territory that months earlier had cost thousands of lives to take.
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