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As Ukraine continues to retake Curson, officials have revealed a new video of supposedly fleeing Russian forces. Russia has officially declared that its soldiers would withdraw from the strategically important southern Ukrainian city of Curson, the latest and possibly most significant setback to Russia's war effort. Russian military had seized the city since March; barely weeks after the initial invasion, the Kremlin declared the annexation of the Curson area, which includes the city and three other significant regions, in September. The personal victory over Russia has sparked widespread joy among Ukrainians of all stripes, with several videos and photographs circulating online depicting jubilant citizens and fleeing Russians overseas (EST). Examples of the latter were provided on Tuesday by the official Facebook page of Ukraine's General Staff. The video, according to the post, purports to show a Russian military vehicle, presumably a Gaz-66 truck, fleeing down a rural road in Curson. According to the video, the truck pauses along a tree lean and is then attacked by a number of artillery strikes from outside the country. As the blows continue, the truck appears to go farther into the woods. Close-up shots of Russian soldiers departing the vehicle appear at various moments in the video. By the end of the video,The truck caught fire, likely after being hit by one of the artillery attacks, soldiers of the 45th separate artillery brigade, Ukraine announced on Saturday that Russian forces lost 810 personnel as Curson was liberated, raising the invasion's death toll to more than 80,000 since February. It further stated that Russia had lost 24 tanks and 34 armored personnel vehicles, and that the Ukrainian Air Force had struck 16 foreign targets. Russia's ongoing problems in Ukraine have elicited unusual pessimism and criticism from presenters and experts in the country's state-run media. Igor Shatrov, the head of Russia's strategic development fund's expert council,During a recent appearance on the program meeting point, he stated that the country had not been prepared for war and that President Vladimir Putin's reluctance to declare it a war had hampered the country's capacity to advance overseas. We weren't prepared for the battle we started, stated Shatrov. We keep referring to it as a special military operation. We're too afraid to label it a war, which is a major issue since other rules are in play. Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been at war with Ukraine for nearly eight months. However, Moscow's impetus appears to be fading. On Saturday, ABC News foreign correspondent James Longman took to Twitter to compare two maps of Ukraine under Russia's takeover in March and November. This demonstrated that Ukraine reclaimed 50% of its territory after reclaiming control of Curson. Troops raised the Ukrainian flag in the city center, signaling the emergence of Ukrainian control. Putin has already stated that he is eager to negotiate with Ukraine and President Vlodimir Zielinski to end the war, but only if they agree to his requirements. In late October, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Russian State Television that Russia is willing to negotiate with the West about decreasing tensions, but only if credible offers based on an equal approach are made. Foreign Minister Menon, the director of grand strategy at defense priorities, told Newsweek on Saturday that the U.S. and the United Kingdom are attempting to entice China to join the G20 in order to aid in peace talks. I'm not sure how Ukrainians feel about this because they don't trust Putin and believe they are gaining military ground. Accepting a cease-fire now would be a horrible mistake, since it would leave significant swaths of Ukrainian land in Russian hands.