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U.S. assesses Russia completes withdrawal from around Kyiv, U.S. defense official

A man pushes his bicycle, amid Russia's invasion on Ukraine, in Bucha, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

The United States assesses that Russia has now completed its withdrawal from around Kyiv and is believed to be refitting and resupplying its troops for an expected redeployment into Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.

"We are assessing that all the Russians have left," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, adding that the U.S. assessment was completely in the past 24 hours.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; Editing by Mark Porter)

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