U.S. military officials see President Vladimir Putin's latest move more as a repositioning of forces than a retreat.
"What else can I do," asked Genaidy as he gathered what he could from his damaged apartment to flee Mariupol."There's nothing left for me here."Russian-backed separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine — where the war now raging had simmered quietly since Putin's last invasion in 2014 — are in no mood for peace.
Rescuers work at the regional administration building, which was hit by cruise missiles, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, in a handout picture released March 30, 2022 by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.Even if the Russian military does make good on its promise to pull back from Kyiv, in the towns around the capital, where fierce battles have been raging, there's not much left to fight for.
While Ukraine claims to have retaken nearby towns like Irpin, those areas have been decimated, and many people did not make it out alive. The U.K. said Wednesday that its latest intelligence did show some Russian troops pulling back from the outskirts of Kyiv into Belarus and Russia,"to reorganize and resupply" after suffering heavy losses. The Ukrainian government said it expected Russia to retain some troops near the capital, to keep the pressure on and prevent Ukraine's forces from heading to the eastern front, where the war is still raging.Zelenskyy, along with the U.S.
On Wednesday morning, the governor of Chernihiv said his region was"shelled all night" by Russian artillery:"Civil infrastructure has been destroyed again, libraries, shopping malls and other facilities have been destroyed, and many houses have been destroyed."
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