Kremlin Caves on Kiev, but No Break in Battle
It is increasingly obvious that despite his recent military setbacks around Kiev, President Putin is still intent on carving up Ukraine to the best of his forces’ questionable ability.
The best news of the week from Ukraine will probably be that Ukrainian forces have definitively crushed Russian forces around the capital, Kiev. Without overstatement, the Kyiv Independent reported this morning that “the battle of Kyiv is over, with Ukraine as its victor.”
As is now widely known but as that newspaper aptly reminds, “after sustaining heavy losses and accomplishing none of their key goals, Russian forces retreated, but not before inflicting devastating damage to Ukrainian towns and cities and committing numerous war crimes.” Russian forces have by now also also left the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
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