Russia-Ukraine live news: Ukraine says entire Kyiv region retaken | Russia-Ukraine war News
Ukraine says its troops have retaken more than 30 towns and villages since Russia pulled back from the area this week.
- Ukraine says it has regained control of “the whole Kyiv region” after Russian forces retreated from key towns near the Ukrainian capital.
- The mayor of Bucha, near Kyiv, says 300 people have been buried in a mass grave in the town and the streets remain littered with bodies of people killed by Russian forces.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says retreating Russian troops are leaving behind land mines, creating a “catastrophic” situation.
- Ukraine’s top negotiator in peace talks said Russia had “verbally” agreed to key Ukrainian proposals.
Here are all the latest updates:
Ukraine says Russia ‘verbally’ agreed to its proposals
Ukraine’s top negotiator in peace talks with Russia said that Moscow had “verbally” agreed to key Ukrainian proposals, raising hopes that talks to end fighting are moving forward.
Negotiator David Arakhamia told Ukrainian television channels that any meeting between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin would “with a high probability” take place in Turkey.
“The Russian Federation has given an official answer to all positions, which is that they accept the (Ukrainian) position, except for the issue of Crimea [annexed by Russia in 2014],” Arakhamia said.
Almost 300 buried in mass grave in Bucha, near Kyiv: Mayor
Almost 300 people have been buried in a mass grave in Bucha, discovered after the Ukrainian army retook control of the key town close to Kyiv.
Anatoly Fedoruk told Al Jazeera that the town’s streets remain littered with the bodies of at least 22 people killed by Russian forces. He said it had not been possible to collect the bodies yet, amid fears that Russian forces had booby-trapped the corpses.
“According to the mayor, [the dead people] were trying to escape to Ukrainian-held territory when, according to him, they were simply gunned down,” said Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride, reporting from Lviv in western Ukraine.
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Ukraine says regained control of ‘whole Kyiv region’
Ukraine has regained control of “the whole Kyiv region” after Russian forces retreated from key towns near the Ukrainian capital, Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Maliar said.
“Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel and the whole Kyiv region were liberated from the invader,” Maliar said on Facebook.
All three towns lie northwest of Kyiv and have suffered heavy destruction since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Ukraine presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said its troops have retaken more than 30 towns and villages since Russia pulled back from the area this week.
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