Russian Troops Withdraw From Kyiv And Chernihiv

Russian troops withdraw from Kyiv and Chernihiv but fighting continues, Russia halts aid to Maripol after the oil warehouse blew up.

On Friday, the 37th day of the Russian offensive, Ukraine retaliated. Two Ukrainian helicopters entered Russia and struck the border town of Belgorod and destroyed an oil warehouse there.

Two people were also injured in the helicopter firing. This is the first foreign attack on Russia since World War II.

The Kremlin, the office of the Russian President, has said that the incident will increase tensions between the two countries and weaken the possibility of peace through talks.

After the incident, Russian troops stopped 14 tonnes of food items going to Maripol.

Russian troops withdraw from Kyiv and Chernihiv: Fighting continues on the outskirts of Kyiv.

Meanwhile, there are reports of Russian troops withdrawing from the capital Kyiv and Chernihiv, but fighting continues in the northeast of the capital, according to the mayor of Kyiv.

According to Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, two Ukrainian helicopters flying at low altitude destroyed the Russian oil company Rosneft’s oil warehouse, about 35 kilometers inside the Russian border.

Zelensky warned the army.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said Russian troops had dwindled near the capital Kyiv and the cities of Chernihiv.

Ukrainian soldiers have found the bodies of 13 civilians in the captured Irpin town, which may be several days old. Russia had announced to reduce attacks on these two cities in talks held in Istanbul.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned the country’s military and security personnel that the withdrawal of Russian forces from the north and central regions is happening for strategic reasons.

Zelensky reduced the rank of two generals.

Russia is now trying to consolidate its position in the southeast of Ukraine and occupy it there. Zelensky has taken action against two generals of the Ukrainian army and lowered their ranks.

One of these generals had the responsibility of protecting the city of Kherson. Kherson was the first major city to go under Russian occupation.

Australia will help.

At the request of President Zelensky, Australia will send the Bushmaster armored military vehicle to Ukraine. Zelensky on Thursday urged Australia to provide armored vehicles and some other military aid.

Online talks between Russia and Ukraine.

According to the media report, after the face-to-face talks held on Tuesday in Istanbul city of Turkey, the delegations of Russia and Ukraine held talks online on Friday.

The talks between the two countries came after the Ukrainian attack on the Russian oil warehouse in Belgorod city.

After this attack, the Russian army stopped food items going to Maripol but allowed civilians to leave from there.

More than one and a half million people are trapped in Maripol, under the siege of the Russian army.

Chernobyl came back to Ukraine.

Russian troops completely evacuated Ukraine’s famous Chernobyl nuclear plant on Friday morning. Now the plant is under Ukrainian occupation as before and its officials have started working there.

On February 24, the day after the invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces captured Chernobyl.

The reactor not working.

The reactors at this plant have not been functioning since the accident. But there is a huge amount of junk of radioactive elements present. Therefore this plant remains dangerous.

Ukraine’s state-owned power company Inergotum says Russian troops have left Chernobyl after being exposed to radiation.