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

UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT

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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