"Ukrainian soldiers pushed through areas around the capital, Kyiv, on Saturday, encountering the grim wreckage left behind by Russian forces retreating from the region."

"The devastated cities and villages around Kyiv bore the hallmarks of Russia’s early assaults and failures: Incinerated tanks, abandoned defensive positions and the bodies of both soldiers and civilians. Despite the collapse, at least for now, of Russia’s initial attempt to seize the capital, it was unclear whether the Russian troops were gone for good or were trying to regroup after weeks of intense Ukrainian resistance and crippling logistical failures."

The NYT reports.