Russian forces occupied Irpin and Bucha after arriving from Bucha, leaving the streets of Irpin completely empty.
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Yatsenko arrived in Irpin on the day the Russians arrived from Bucha, finding the city completely empty and extinct.
Ukroboronprom transferred control of its export/import subsidiaries to the Defense Ministry.
His message for Russia, in Russian, was clear: 'You are not saving us. We are protecting ourselves from you. Russian troops have come to our territory claiming they're saving us,' he said.
Radio intercepts indicate that Russian troops began withdrawing from Kyiv Oblast long before the March 29, 2022 Istanbul statements
The first combat trip for the group was to Irpin in early March.
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