Ukraine has regained control of 'the whole Kyiv region' after invading Russian forces retreated from some key towns near the Ukrainian capital, deputy defence minister Ganna Maliar has said.
Ukraine has regained control of"the whole Kyiv region" after invading Russian forces retreated from some key towns near the Ukrainian capital, deputy defence minister Ganna Maliar said on Saturday.
"Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel and the whole Kyiv region were liberated from the invader," Maliar said on Facebook, referring to towns that have been heavily destroyed by fighting.Both towns have suffered vast destruction and large civilian death tolls.The town's mayor said 280 people had been buried in a mass grave in Bucha and that the town is littered with corpses.
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