Ukraine Recaptures Two Towns As Russian Troops Retreat – Last week, we reported that Russian troops were shifting their focus away from capturing the Ukrainian capital city Kyiv and focusing resources on “liberating” the pro-Russian region of Donbas in the East. On Monday, Ukrainian troops not only recaptured the Irpin suburb of Kyiv in the West, but also the town of Trostyanets in the North East.
Troops Recapture Irpin, Ukraine
The Mayor of Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, confirmed on Monday that the suburb had been liberated from Russian control.
“Today Irpin is liberated. Now the sweep is underway. I want to thank the servicemen of the [Ukraine Armed Forces], thank the territorial defense, thank the national police and special police units, the main intelligence department,” Mayor Oleksandr Markushin said.
Controlling Irpin was essential for Russian forces if they intended to capture Kyiv, as it is on the Western side of the Irpin river that troops will need to cross if they intend to approach the capital city from the West.
U.S. Officials Confirm Ukraine Recaptures Trosyanets
A United States official told ABC that Ukrainian forces successfully took control of the town of Trostyanets in north-eastern Ukraine on Monday and that Ukrainian forces “continue to make progress.”
The official also said that Russian forces in the area have remained in a defensive posture but are not advancing on the area and Ukrainian troops “are continuing to take back ground.”
When asked why Russian troops were repositioning and focusing on the East, the official said that U.S. intelligence is “not exactly sure what’s behind this reprioritization.”
Russian troops did not leave the area without causing substantial damage and reportedly also tortured a man to death in the area.
“Russian occupiers torture a man to death in Trostyanets, Sumy Oblast,” the Kyiv Independent reports.
A senior U.S. defense official also told Fox that Russian military pilots are also showing “risk-averse behavior” and that whenever Russian pilots enter Ukrainian air space they do so for a very short period of time.
“Most of the cruise missile strikes that they’re launching are coming from inside Russian or below Russian airspace,” the official said. “I mean, it’s remarkable what the Ukrainians have been able to do with the air defense systems that they have available to them. And that’s why we’re going to have to try to replenish them as best we can. ”
War Crimes in Ukraine
The independent Ukrainian news outlet said that the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed that the Ukrainian military discovered the body of an unidentified man who had been mutilated in a garage on Monday.
Recapturing Trostyanets is a major victory for the Ukrainians. It means that the resupply road between the regional capital of Sumy to Poltova could be reopened.
Jack Buckby is a British author, counter-extremism researcher, and journalist based in New York. Reporting on the U.K., Europe, and the U.S., he works to analyze and understand left-wing and right-wing radicalization, and reports on Western governments’ approaches to the pressing issues of today. His books and research papers explore these themes and propose pragmatic solutions to our increasingly polarized society.
Alex
March 29, 2022 at 6:47 pm
Regrouping is a common thing. The main thing is that the flag of Chechnya is over the administration of Mariupol, but you don’t tell about it. About war crimes: videos of Bandera Nazis torturing Russian prisoners spread around the world. It is impossible to hide and many are already being punished. The order is simple: Bandera Nazis are not taken prisoner alive. In vain the West decided to play Nazism with the Russians.
James
March 30, 2022 at 7:21 am
Alex the troll haha where is your 40km convoy now? Hahaha turned to dust… death to putin death to russia military… and you still cant way war because your master tells you that you cant. Rest in piss!
Alex
March 30, 2022 at 11:51 am
I don’t know who let the Bandera Nazi on the site, but I definitely like how his ass is on fire. And here is what real American journalists write:
To know the real information about the battles in Ukraine, without false propaganda, I advise you to read the articles of the American journalist Scott Ritter. He tells truthfully about how Russian troops clear the cities, how the Bandera Nazis retreat, talks about the real losses of the parties.
To know the real information about the atrocities, torture of Bandera Nazis, I advise you to read Gonzalo Lear.
Note that the American Gonzalo Lira lives and works in Ukraine. Now he is in besieged Kyiv and almost daily shares his impressions of what is happening.
In the context of the version of events imposed by the collective West, Gonzalo Lira insists that all information from the Russian Ministry of Defense is true.
So earlier he stated the following: “The Russians are incredibly disciplined when it comes to information management. The only information coming from the Russians is statements directly from the Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Their information so far has been 100% accurate, which, I think is a deliberate strategy. There was a lot of Ukrainian propaganda that turned out to be complete fantasy, but even after these stories turned out to be false, people cling to them.”
These people know what they are talking about, unlike the false propagandists here.
Roger
March 30, 2022 at 12:45 pm
Seeing the Russians retreat is indeed heartening. However, we need to ask ourselves if its really a victory? If they are moving to encircle UAF troops in Donbas region then things could turn ugly quickly.
Despite Alex the Troll’s constant talk about imaginary “Nazis”, there is some truth to his point that surely some of what we read is propaganda. I’ve heard tons about how much Russian equipment has been destroyed but nothing about Ukrainian losses. We need both to really know what’s happening.
Alex
March 30, 2022 at 1:43 pm
Did you personally see the retreat of the Russians? I only see how they liberate new cities and destroy Ukrainian equipment and Bandera Nazis every day.
Okay. If you don’t like the two American journalists I wrote about above who really were and are in Ukraine, let’s listen to German ones like Thomas Röper and military expert Thomas Gasta.
And now, which of us is a troll: you, Roger Rabbit, write here exclusively Ukrainian propaganda, or I talk about what real journalists and experts from the USA and Germany say. So which one of us is a troll? You propagandists are very easy to expose.
James
March 30, 2022 at 3:35 pm
Alex, remember your place in the world… russians are below rats and insects. The rest of the world views your people as a disease. No one wants to have you included in their societies. You are like gum on the bottom of a shoe. You should stand in front of a mirror and say “im russian and no one outside of my shitty country likes me” feel that in your heart.. because its true.
Alex
March 30, 2022 at 5:35 pm
James (in fact, by the name of Zaperdolenko, a Bandera Nazi), I cannot say that I am happy with your words. But I sincerely support the fact that you are showing all the people in the world the face of Bandera Nazis. People should know about people like you and bring them to a merciless trial that will continue for you for eternity in hell.
To know the real information about the battles in Ukraine, without false propaganda, I advise you to read the articles of the American journalist Scott Ritter. He truthfully talks about how Russian troops clean up cities, how Bandera retreats, talks about the real losses of the parties.
To know the real information about the atrocities, torture of Bandera Nazis, I advise you to read Gonzalo Lear.
Note that the American Gonzalo Lira lives and works in Ukraine. Now he is in besieged Kyiv and almost daily shares his impressions of what is happening.
In the context of the version of events imposed by the collective West, Gonzalo Lira insists that all the information of the Russian Ministry of Defense is true.
So, he previously stated the following: “Russians are incredibly disciplined when it comes to information management. The only information coming from the Russians is statements directly from the Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Their information has been 100% accurate so far, which I think is a deliberate strategy. There was a lot of Ukrainian propaganda that turned out to be pure fantasy, but even after these stories turned out to be fake, people cling to them.”
Dear German journalists from whom you can learn the truth are the famous Thomas Röper, who is on the Ukrainian front, a military expert from Germany, Thomas Gasta.
Of course, it is not possible to mention the Ukrainian journalist who was forced to flee Ukraine – Anatoly Shariy.
These people know what they are talking about, unlike the false propagandists here and, as you can see, the outright Nazis in the comments, who showed their true colors.
Jacksonian Libertarian
March 30, 2022 at 6:57 pm
“It’s not a rout, we are just repositioning our forces because…shut up!” said Baghdad Ivan.
Alex
April 1, 2022 at 10:34 am
You know better what escape is. In Afghanistan, the brave American military even left their dogs to die, they were in such a hurry to get out.