Ukraine Regains Control of Whole Kyiv Region as Russian Forces Shift Focus to East

A local man walks past a damaged armored personal carrier, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Makariv, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 1, 2022. Serhii Mykhalchuk/Reuters

The Ukrainian armed forces have retaken the whole Kyiv area, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said on Saturday.

“Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel, and the whole Kyiv region were liberated from the invader,” she wrote in a Facebook post.