Desk Report
Publish: 03 Apr 2022, 09:33 am
Locals walk in front of a building destroyed by a Russian attack in Kyiv || Photo: Reuters
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
All three towns lie northwest of
Kyiv and have suffered heavy destruction since Russia invaded Ukraine on
February 24.
Irpin and Bucha, commuters towns
outside Kyiv, were retaken by the Ukrainian army this week.
Both have seen large civilian
deaths.
News agency AFP saw at least 20
bodies on a single street in Bucha on Saturday, including one with his hands
tied.
The town's mayor said 280 people
had been buried in a mass grave in Bucha and that the town is littered with
corpses.
Authorities have said that at
least 200 people have been killed in Irpin since Russia invaded Ukraine in late
February.
Sappers were working to demine
the town Saturday, with emergency services saying 643 explosives had been
deactivated since Irpin was retaken by Ukrainian forces.
Gostomel, near Kyiv, was the
setting of heavy fighting to take control of an airfield.
Ukraine has said Russia is
withdrawing from northern areas and appears to be focusing on the east and
south of Ukraine.
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