Ukraine: Ukraine says Russian forces pushed back around Kyiv but fighting rages
Ukraine pushed back Russian forces around Kyiv on Friday (Apr 1), retaking control of some areas near the capital amid fierce battles, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia said during negotiations on Tuesday that it would scale down operations in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, both of which are in northern Ukraine, but officials in both regions say fighting has continued in some areas.
“Our troops are chasing them both to the northwest and northeast (of Kyiv), pushing the enemy away from Kyiv,” said Oleksiy Arestovych, a political adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
He said Russia was also carrying out a partial troop rotation and sending some of its forces to fight in eastern Ukraine.