Ukraine assures that it has recovered 30 towns around kyiv
The Ukrainian government assures that the country’s military forces have recovered more than thirty towns in the region surrounding the capital, kyiv. presidential spokesman Oleksii Arestovich has informed of these advances and that “hard battles lie ahead” in the south and east of the country, according to Ukrainian public television.
“Let’s have no illusions. There is still intense fighting in the south, for Mariupol, for eastern Ukraine,” the spokesman explained. In addition, Arestovich has highlighted that the Ukrainian troops are being able to hold the front line in the east of the country.
Ukrainian forces have taken control of towns such as Bucha or Brovary and furthermore the Russian forces have withdrawn from the Gostomel Antonov Airportwhere they have remained entrenched for several weeks, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported.
These Ukrainian advances would fit with Moscow’s declaration that it would abandon its offensive in the kyiv and Chernigov regions to concentrate on the east of the country.