Russia-Ukraine War LIVE: Russian Pledges To Ease Ukraine Attack; West Sceptical

Russia-Ukraine War: Russia promised to scale down military operations around Kyiv and northern Ukraine.New Delhi: Russia said that its month-old invasion of Ukraine which led to the biggest European conflict since World War Two has been halted “in order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement”. Moscow said after face-to-face peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey that it had made the decision to radically reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions.Ukraine reacted with skepticism to Russia’s promise in negotiations to scale down military operations while some Western countries expected Moscow to intensify its offensive in other parts of the country.Russia’s onslaught has been met by stiff resistance from Ukrainian forces who have recaptured besieged cities.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen nearly 4 million Ukrainians flee abroad and has left thousands dead or injured.Here are the LIVE updates on the Ukraine-Russia War:Get NDTV UpdatesTurn on notifications to receive alerts as this story develops.At UN, India Reiterates Call For Unimpeded Humanitarian Access In Ukraine India on Tuesday (local time) reiterated its call for unimpeded humanitarian access to areas of armed conflict in Ukraine.”India remains deeply concerned at the ongoing situation, which continues to deteriorate since the beginning of the hostilities. We reiterate our call for unimpeded humanitarian access to areas of armed conflict in Ukraine,” India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti said at the UNSC briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.Russia ‘Repositioning’ Forces Near Kyiv, Not Withdrawing: PentagonRussia is “repositioning” a small number of its forces near Kyiv but is not withdrawing and the Ukrainian capital remains under threat, the Pentagon said Tuesday.”We’re seeing a small number now that appears to be moving away from Kyiv, this on the same day that the Russians say they’re withdrawing,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.”But we’re not prepared to call this a retreat or even a withdrawal,” he said. “We think that what they probably have in mind is a repositioning to prioritize elsewhere.”De-Escalation Not Ceasefire: Russia On Reducing Operations Around Kyiv Russia’s promise to scale down military operations around Kyiv and northern Ukraine does not represent a ceasefire and talks on a formal agreement with Kyiv have a long way to go, Moscow’s lead negotiator in peace talks said on Tuesday.Russian negotiators earlier on Tuesday gave an undertaking to sharply scale back military activity around Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv, in the most tangible sign yet of progress towards a peace deal.



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