© Provided by El Universal Online
Ukraine claims entire kyiv region ‘liberated’ Ukrainian forces regained control of ‘entire Kiev region Kiev“After the withdrawal of Russian forces from strategic cities near the capital, the Ukrainian deputy minister of Defense, Ganna Maliar.
The towns of “Irpin, Bucha, Gostómel and the entire region of Kiev were freed from the invader,” Maliar said on Facebook.
These cities were destroyed by fighting following the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.+}
Read also: Russia withdraws from the International Space Station, is it the end of the project?
On Monday, Ukraine said it had regained control of Irpin, which had been in Russian hands since the end of February.
This Saturday, AFP journalists were able to travel to Bucha, recently “liberated” and who remained inaccessible to the press for more than a month.
Russian forces are carrying out a “rapid withdrawal” from the kyiv and Chernigov regions of northern Ukraine, with the aim of redeploying to the east and south, the Ukrainian government said on Saturday.
Read also: Ukrainian photojournalist missing since March 13 found dead near kyiv
cls]]>
