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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.

Spokesperson for mayor Boichenko says nearly 210 children have died since Russian invasion

Russia announced Tuesday it will “fundamentally" scale back military operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as talks to end the grinding war brought the outlines of a possible deal into view. Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said the change on the battlefield was meant to increase trust at…

The Fox News cameraman was killed by Russian shelling of a town near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as he covered the invasion of Ukraine

Moscow’s pledge has been met with scepticism and caution from powers such as the US and UK

Reports from the Ministry of Defence in Kyiv have claimed that the commander of the "13th tank regiment" of the "4th tank division of the Russian Federation" shot himself

Kyiv and Washington also reject suggestion Russian billionaire and Ukrainian delegates were targeted

President says positive signs from talks ‘do not drown out the explosions of Russian shells’ after first day of face-to-face negotiations in Istanbul

He was suffering symptoms of suspected poisoning after a meeting in Kyiv at the start of March

Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and his colleague, Oleksandra Kuvshynova, died when their car was hit by Russian shelling outside Kyiv.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened the talks by calling on "both sides to stop this tragedy."