Devastation left in Ukraine as Russia’s troops withdraw from Kyiv

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Following weeks of constant bombardment, the outskirts of Kyiv have gone quiet as Ukrainian forces retake territory around the country’s capital. What’s left, though, is utter devastation. Burned out military vehicles on residential blocks, homes destroyed and reports of the bodies of civilians in the streets. The latest intelligence suggests Russian forces are withdrawing from the capital and in the country’s north. But the fighting continues to intensify in the east. Abigail Bimman has the latest.

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