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around Kiev, scenes of desolation after the withdrawal of Russian troops

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Posted today at 12:35 pm, updated at 2:13 pm.

In pictures, in picturesThe bomb-ravaged Kiev region has seen some of the fiercest fighting since Russia attacked Ukraine. In Boutcha in particular, the bodies of about twenty men were found lying in a street, spread over several hundred meters.

Ukrainians have regained control of the entire Kiev region after the withdrawal of Russian troops, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister announced on Saturday, April 2. Russian forces are rearranging to the east and south with the aim of: “keep control” areas they already occupy there, Ukraine confirmed. More than a month after the launch of the Russian invasion, the places of“Irpin, Boutcha, Hostomel and the entire Kiev region have been liberated from the invader”said Hanna Maliar on Saturday Telegram†

The Kiev region, which has been unrecognizable by shelling, has experienced some of the fiercest fighting since Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24. In Boutcha in particular, the bodies of about twenty men were found lying in a street, spread over several hundred meters.

“All these people were shot, killed with a bullet in the back of the head”assured Anatolii Fedoruk, the mayor of this city, where nearly 300 people were buried “in mass graves”† Several people found dead had their hands tied with a strip of white cloth, used to show they had no weapons, Fedoruk said.

“The Boutcha massacre was intentional”Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Sunday. “The Russians want to eliminate as many Ukrainians as possible. We have to stop them and take them out. I demand devastating new G7 sanctions NOW”he continued to write Twitter†

Destroyed buildings along the E40 highway from Kiev to Zhytomyr, not far from a Russian army position. The region has now been liberated by the Ukrainian army. Ukraine, April 2.
Burnt cars, targets of attacks by the Russian army on the E40 highway connecting Kiev to Zhytomyr. Ukraine, April 2.
Documents from the Russian army found in a gas station along the E40 highway from Kiev to Zhytomyr. Ukraine, April 2.
A murdered civilian lies along a road leading to Irpin, west of Kiev, just liberated by Ukrainian troops. Ukraine, April 2.
A Ukrainian soldier looks at a damaged bridge in Boutcha, on the outskirts of Kiev, on Saturday, April 2.
Anti-tank mines are laid on a bridge in Boutcha, on the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, April 2, 2022.
Ukrainian soldiers inspect tanks of the Russian army destroyed during the liberation of the western part of Kiev on a road leading to Irpin by Ukrainian troops. Ukraine, April 2, 2022.
A destroyed tank belonging to the Russian army, on a road leading to Irpin, in western Kiev, has just been liberated by Ukrainian troops from the Russian army. Ukraine, April 2, 2022.
Crosses honoring civilians killed in fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces mark a mass grave in the Irpine forest on the outskirts of Kiev on Saturday (April 2).
A Ukrainian soldier walks near a destroyed Antonov An-225 Mriya plane during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces at Antonov airport in Hostomel on Saturday (April 2).
A Ukrainian soldier patrols a street in Boutcha, northwest of Kiev, in an armored vehicle on April 2.
A crashed car with the body of a killed civilian inside stands on an empty street in the city of Boutcha, Kiev region, Ukraine, April 1, 2022.
A destroyed gas station along a road leading to Irpin, in western Kiev, just liberated by Ukrainian troops. Ukraine, April 2, 2022.
Ukrainian soldiers stand next to the body of a man dressed in civilian clothes, in Boutcha, a suburb of Kiev, occupied by the Russians, before being liberated, in Ukraine, Saturday, April 2, 2022.
Bodies lie on a street in Boutcha, northwest of Kiev, on April 2 as Ukraine says Russian troops
A woman kisses a Ukrainian soldier after a convoy of military and humanitarian vehicles arrived on Saturday (April 2) in Boutcha, a formerly Russian-occupied suburb of Kiev, Ukraine.
People wait for medicines after a convoy of military and humanitarian vehicles arrived on Saturday (April 2) in Boutcha, a formerly Russian-occupied suburb of Kiev, Ukraine.
A man walks with bags of food donated to the Ukrainian army on April 2 in Boutcha, northwest of Kiev.
Debris in the village of Bychiv, south of Makariv in Kiev Oblast, shelled by the Russian army in late March, killing two civilians and destroying the village's cultural center. Bychiv, Ukraine, April 1, 2022.