Entire Kyiv region liberated from enemy

[AntiFascist]

Source: Interfax Ukraine

On Saturday, April 2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine completely liberated Kyiv region from Russian invaders, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Anna Maliar has said.

"Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel and the entire Kyiv region have been liberated from the enemy," she said on Facebook on Saturday evening.

Read more: https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/820485.html

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Here is the Facebook post:

https://www.facebook.com/ganna.maliar/posts/2124154511076913

[PortTack]

1. GLORY UKRAINE!!!

[mitch96]

2. Hate to be a downer and I hope the "pullback" is not so putin can drop gas or a nuke...nt

[AntiFascist]

3. The US has been providing PPE in case of a chemical attack...

U.S. giving Ukraine PPE ahead of feared Russian chemical attack
By ALEXANDER WARD and QUINT FORGEY 04/01/2022 04:22 PM EDT Updated 04/01/2022 04:42 PM EDT

The United States has been quietly granting Ukraine’s request for protective equipment against a possible chemical weapons attack from Russia, four administration officials told NatSec Daily.

The U.S. and its Western allies fear Russian President Vladimir Putin will order the use of chemical weapons to break Ukraine’s stiff resistance. In turn, the Kremlin has leveled baseless accusations against the U.S. and Ukraine about bioweapons and chemical attacks, leading U.S. officials to fear Russia is plotting a false flag operation.

Meanwhile, the U.S. is rushing to provide Ukrainian civilians with gas masks, hazmat suits and other materials, though Kyiv could decide to send this protective gear to its military. How much has already been sent — or the U.S. plans to send in total — remains unclear.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2022/04/01/u-s-helps-ukraine-prepare-for-chemical-attack-00022430

[Akoto]

5. That would be the last nail in his coffin.

If he drops chemical weapons or a nuke, the EU and NATO will have no choice but to become directly involved, and then he faces a war on multiple fronts. Even China won't be able to hem and haw its way around trying to stay neutral about the matter, as it has been.

I don't see it happening. Even if he gives the order, it's not a command which can be done on his orders alone. I believe that's the point when his cabinet would finally have the guts to remove him from office, because they know it would be the ruin of Russia. They've already got a massive trip to the Hague ahead of them for war crimes, just looking at the mass graves and the helpless dead they left on the streets while departing Kyiv.

[LiberalFighter]

8. And it looks like he doesn't have a central command person in charge.

[OnlinePoker]

6. I think he's repositioning all his remaining forces to try and take the Donbas.

That way he can say he has a "victory".

[COL Mustard]

7. I read that too quickly

I thought you said he was going to try and take the Dakotas!

[paleotn]

11. I've been there. He can have them.

Dakotans, it was just a joke!

[paleotn]

14. My thoughts too.

Concentrate what combat power they still have and grab as much of Donetsk and Luhansk as they can and hold it. Possession is nine tenths of the law. A consolation prize, but it's better than nothing.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. There have been reports that many of those now-vacated areas may have been mined

as they left. So there will need to be a lot of work to find where they are and defuse/remove them.

Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps

By NEBI QENA and YURAS KARMANAU
30 minutes ago


KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops moved cautiously to retake territory north of the country’s capital on Saturday, using cables to pull the bodies of civilians off streets of one town out of fear that Russian forces may have left them booby-trapped.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that departing Russian troops were creating a “catastrophic” situation for civilians by leaving mines around homes, abandoned equipment and “even the bodies of those killed.” His claims could not be independently verified.

Associated Press journalists in Bucha, a suburb northwest of Kyiv, watched as Ukrainian soldiers backed by a column of tanks and other armored vehicles used cables to drag bodies off of a street from a distance. Locals said the dead — the AP counted at least six — were civilians killed without provocation by departing Russian soldiers.

“Those people were just walking and they shot them without any reason. Bang,” said a Bucha resident who declined to give his name citing safety reasons. “In the next neighborhood, Stekolka, it was even worse. They would shoot without asking any question.”

(snip)

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-business-ap-top-news-341f00b44549d1baa45486be43ac9368

[L. Coyote]

4. With a little help from some friends in Belarus. Like Quackers at Appomattox, stop the resupply.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

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[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. An amazing person.

https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/ministry-of-defence-leader/hanna-maliar.html

[dchill]

10. Amazing!

[AntiFascist]

16. The government in Kyiv seems to have a lot of brave and outspoken women...

she looks to be most brilliant where it comes to national security and war crimes.

[Warpy]

13. They're going to need a lot of help clkearing mines and cluster bombs

before anyone goes back to look at the damage.

Fuck Putin.

[trof]

15. I don't trust the bastards.

My hackles are up.

[DonCoquixote]

17. fitting music

The Ukrainian soldiers were the real "great gate"

[Deminpenn]

18. Says a lot that journalists have returned to Kyiv

Generally the broadcast networks don't send their anchors and reporters to unsafe places. Notice Velshi and others were across the border in Poland, but now they're back in Lviv and others have returned to Kyiv.