Ukraine takes back 'whole Kyiv region': Columns of Russian armoured vehicles line the highways in 'tank graveyards' as advancing Ukrainians find civilians shot with their hands tied behind their backs

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 2 April 2022 | Jacob Thorburn and Katie Weston and Chris Matthews

[Berlin_Freeper]

Ukraine has taken back the 'whole Kyiv region' from Russian troops, the country's deputy defence minister said today as the fightback against the invaders continues.

In a statement posted on social media, Hanna Maliar said: 'Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel and the whole Kyiv region were liberated from the invader.'

Irpin and Bucha, commuters towns outside Kyiv, were retaken by the Ukrainian army this week. Both towns have suffered vast destruction and high civilian death tolls.

Bucha's mayor said 280 people had been buried in a mass grave in the town and that corpses littered the streets.

At least 200 people have been killed in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, while Gostomel, near Kyiv, was the setting of heavy fighting to take control of the airfield there.

Ukraine has said Russia is withdrawing from northern areas and appears to be focusing on the east and south of the country.

Downing Street said that Boris Johnson had called to congratulate Ukrainian President Zelensky's 'brave armed forces' for successfully pushing back Russia's invading forces and agreed to continue increasing the economic pressure on Vladimir Putin.

It came as once-bustling highways on the outskirts of Kyiv have now become a graveyard for scores of Vladimir Putin's tanks as the Ukrainians continue their successful counterattacks around the capital.

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Russia never tried to take, nor destroy, Kviv. They partially surrounded it, as a feint (and threat), to keep reinforcements away from the East.

Russias goal is “de-NAZIfication and surrender the East, and Ukraine must remain neutral.” Those were Russia’s original goals, as stated publicly in a speech by Putin about 3 days before the invasion.

Russia knows land wars. Many facets to their strategy. Feints, false build ups and attacks, encirclement...stuff the West forgot.

Russia is winning, no doubt, and will get their way. Only question is how many will die before Ukraine accepts it.

Ukraine—Zelensky—is ready for direct talks...and negotiated surrender of the East and South. You know who hates that, doesn’t want it?

The US.

[PUGACHEV]

“The Russian strategy is to force a surrender under their terms. They need to keep the government in tact to do that….

So, all this is about getting Zelinsky’s signature on a piece of paper? Brilliant! Why bother with regime change, and all the trouble of a puppet state, when you can have that sort of concrete guarantee for all the ages.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[Berlin_Freeper]

That’s as retarded as Putin calling on the Ukrainian Army to remove Zelenskyy. Which did not happen so Putin made a move to take Kyiv.

Putin, the master strategist thought it a good idea to fake encircling Kyiv so he could then take those very troops and move them to the East and the Ukrainians can now do the same.

Your retarded idea only makes a little sense if Putin kept troops around Kyiv thereby tying down Ukrainian troops there.

[norwaypinesavage]

That’s the point. He didn’t go “just to take their oil and gas”.

[Kevmo]

He had no interest in taking the region until oil&gas were discovered there.