In the Russo-Ukrainian War, on October 3, 2022, the bodies of their comrades were found in the town of Liman, Ukraine, which had been recaptured from the Russian army just prior to the war. After identifying the body, Ukrainian soldiers smoked cigarettes in the area.

   In the Russo-Ukrainian War, on October 3, 2022, the bodies of their comrades were found in the town of Liman, Ukraine, which had been recaptured from the Russian army just prior to the war. After identifying the body, Ukrainian soldiers smoked cigarettes in the area. Ukrainian troops recovered the corpses of their comrades on October 3, two days after Russian troops retreated after heavy fighting over the control of Liman. Numerous bodies were still on the ground, and the bodies of Russian soldiers were not immediately removed.

   The Second Battle of Liman broke out on September 3-October 1, 2022, and on October 1, 2022, the Russians withdrew from Liman, a strategic city in the eastern Donetsk Oblast that had served as an important logistical and transportation hub for Russian forces to avoid being surrounded by Ukrainian troops. The liberation of this city gave Ukraine an important base from which to launch an offensive deep into Russian-controlled territory.

   Citizens fight for their land, for their children, and for a better life for their people, but the cost is very high, Ukrainian soldiers said. Liman residents came out of their basements, where they had been hiding during the battle for control of the city, to build bonfires and cook. The city of Liman has had no water, electricity, or gas since May 2022 Residential buildings were burned.

   After recapturing Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian forces pushed further east, advancing toward Kreminna and invading as far as the border of neighboring Luhansk Oblast, the Institute of War Studies analyzed.On October 3, Ukrainian forces were also in the south, Arkhanhelske, Milorubivka, Freshenivka, Mikhalyivka, and Novovorontsovka villages.

   On October 4, the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, voted to ratify a treaty annexing four regions to become part of Russia: Donetsk and Luhansk in the east, and Kherson and Zaporizhia in the south.The lower house immediately rubber-stamped the accession agreement. Ukraine and its Western allies rejected the referendum as illegal and fraudulent.

Warning: Ukrainian servicemen smoke cigarettes after they find and identify a dead body of a comrade in the recently recaptured town of Lyman, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)