Ukraine has retaken the whole of the Kyiv region including several towns near its capital city, according to the country’s deputy defence minister.
Hanna Maliar said late on Saturday that the country’s armed forces had regained control of the entire provincial area from Russian forces. “Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel and the whole Kyiv region were liberated from the invader,” she said in a Facebook post — referring to suburban towns north of the capital city.
Ukraine’s national police force published a video filmed in Bucha and Hostomel, which is located near a key airport Russian forces sought to control. The video showed Ukrainian police teams in armoured vehicles patrolling bombed-out neighbourhoods including devastated buildings and cars.