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Russia withdrawing some troops from Kyiv region - governor

FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian service member carries a dog next to a destroyed bridge over the Irpin river, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin, Kyiv region, Ukraine March 30, 2022. Picture taken March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

Russia is continuing to withdraw some of its forces from Ukraine's northern Kyiv region and they are heading towards Belarus, the local governor said on Friday.

"We are observing the movement of joint (Russian) vehicle columns of various quantities," Governor Oleksandr Pavlyuk wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

He said Russian forces had left the village of Hostomel, which is next to an important, but was digging in at the town of Bucha. Reuters was unable to verify the information.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets, Writing by Max Hunder, Editingby Timothy Heritage)

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