Russian forces have bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and the besieged northern city of Chernihiv, a day after promising to scale down military operations in the cities during a new round of negotiations on the war in Ukraine.
The renewed aggression follows Russia and Ukraine’s first face-to-face peace talks in nearly three weeks at a palace in Istanbul, in which Russia’s defence ministry said it would curtail operations in that area “to increase mutual trust”.
