Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 7 April 2022

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1. Russia withdraws from Kyiv

The Pentagon has said that Russian forces have completely withdrawn from Kyiv and Chernihiv. “We are not showing Russian forces in or around Kyiv or in or around Chernihiv,” a spokesperson said, adding that Vladimir Putin “has achieved zero of his strategic goals” in both cities. The news comes days after Moscow announced that it would refocus its efforts on Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. The Associated Press said that the number of withdrawing Russian forces amounts to at least 24,000 troops.

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