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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Thomas O Falk

Ukraine war: Can Russia’s promise of fewer attacks be trusted?

As Russian forces pull back from Ukraine's capital region, retreating troops are creating a 'catastrophic' situation for civilians by leaving mines around homes and abandoning equipment and 'even the bodies of those killed', Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Saturday, April 2 [Vadim Ghirda/AP]

Russia has promised less military activity around Kyiv, with a stated aim of building trust in the diplomatic process.

It says it is now focusing on the east of the county, but amid fresh accusations that Moscow has committed atrocities near the capital, analysts are far from certain that Russia can be trusted.

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