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Russia withdraws from the Kyiv area and northern Ukraine to focus on the eastern Donbas region.

March 1, 2022 Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast

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Kyiv Post UNIAN

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

A month into the fighting, Russia withdraws from the Kyiv area and the north to focus on the eastern industrial Donbas region.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Radio intercepts indicate that Russian troops began withdrawing from Kyiv Oblast long before the March 29, 2022 Istanbul statements

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