Matt Willemsen<p>Russians opened fire on a Ukrainian flag tied to balloons, revealing their position for a counterattack, Ukraine says<br> A Ukrainian flag attached to helium balloons flew into occupied territory, Kyiv's military said.<br> Russian soldiers tried to shoot it down but revealed their firing positions, an official said.<br> Ukraine was able to use this information to launch an attack on the soldiers, the official added.<br><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-tried-to-shoot-down-ukrainian-flag-revealed-firing-position-2023-9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/russia-tri</span><span class="invisible">ed-to-shoot-down-ukrainian-flag-revealed-firing-position-2023-9</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/XitForBrains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XitForBrains</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/HappyBirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HappyBirthday</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/positions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>positions</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/revealed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revealed</span></a></p>