Ukraine claims complete control of Kyiv and surrounds as Russian troops move east

Women cry outside their houses in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, where town's mayor said 280 people had been buried in a mass grave and that the town is littered with corpses. Source: Getty / RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images

Russia has depicted its drawdown of forces near Kyiv as a goodwill gesture but Ukraine and its allies say Russia was forced to shift its focus to east Ukraine after suffering heavy losses.

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