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Portions of Russian Federation forces investing Kyiv's northern suburbs withdrew and headed to Belarus according to both Pentagon and UAF reports.

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Portions of Russian Federation forces investing Kyiv's northern suburbs withdrew and headed to Belarus according to both Pentagon and UAF reports.

Ukrainian General Staff stated Russia withdrew up to five BTGs from around Kyiv into Belarus

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The Russian invaders withdrew from the Exclusion Zone on 31 March 2022

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Almost 700 units of Russian equipment withdrew overnight towards Ivankiv and the Belarusian border

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Withdrawal represents either redeployment and regrouping or partial withdrawal to reappear in Donbas

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces withdrew from Kyiv Oblast by late March.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian forces withdrew from Bucha on March 31, 2022.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

There is a large regrouping of Russian troops in the Kyiv region.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the planned regrouping of occupying forces in Kyiv and Chernihiv areas.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian officials stated that all main tasks in these areas have been fulfilled.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.269Z

Source story: day-35-2022-03-31