China News Service, April 3. According to Agence France-Presse news, on April 2, local time, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Mariar posted on social media that Ukraine has regained control of the capital Kyiv region.
Data map: Russian military convoy deployed in Ukraine.
Marial said the areas regained by the Ukrainian army included "Irpin, Butcha, Gostomer and the entire Kyiv region".
In this regard, Russia has not yet responded.
After concluding talks in Istanbul on March 29, Russia said it would take both military and political steps to de-escalate the conflict with Ukraine.
On the military front, the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to significantly reduce military activities in Kyiv and Chernihiv to strengthen mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations.
In this regard, on April 1, local time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a video speech, saying that Russian troops are "slowly but obviously" withdrawing from northern Ukraine.
On April 2, Podoljak, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, posted on social media that Russian troops were "quickly withdrawing" from the capital Kyiv and the surrounding areas of the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine.
"Russia is prioritizing a different strategy: going back to the east and the south," he said.