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Russia’s claims of withdrawal must be taken with deep scepticism. Yesterday, Alexander Fomin, Moscow’s deputy minister of defence, said his forces would “fundamentally cut back” operations near the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv “to increase trust” in talks between the two countries. Of course, the last time Moscow said…

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad is now 4,019,287, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday. The new figure was posted on an UNHCR website. More than 2.3 million have arrived in Poland, but many have traveled onward to other countries or back into Ukraine. Aid workers say…

Russia says it will "drastically reduce" military combat operations around Kyiv, Chernihiv "to boost mutual trust" in peace talks.

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian negotiators Tuesday offered to pull back attacks on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in a step toward ending the war between the two nations, but U.S. and Western officials remained skeptical of Moscow’s true intentions.

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Russia says it will ‘fundamentally cut back military activity’ around Kyiv and Chernihiv after Ukraine talks.

Moscow claimed the move was intended to ‘increase trust’ in talks between Russia and Ukraine

Today's talks in Istanbul were the first face-to-face meeting between the sides since March 10 and follows more than a month of fighting

Russia has decided to drastically cut its military activity around Kyiv and Chernihiv in Ukraine, one of its deputy defence ministers said on Tuesday, after talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiating teams in Istanbul.