“Rally” instead of “troop withdrawal”? Ukrainian and Western military representatives expressed doubts about the reduction in military activities in northern Ukraine announced by Russia. Day 35 of the war in Ukraine.
The most important things in summary:
- The signs of peace talks with Russia could, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky positive be designated. However, the bombing of Russian attackers continues, sanctions against Russia should not be lifted under any circumstances.
- For the first time in two weeks found the day before Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia rather than. At the meeting in Istanbul, Russia promised to reduce attacks around Kiev. More on that.
- The West is skeptical: according to the US Department of Defense, it is not a “retreat”, but a “reposition‘ of the troops. The Ukrainian General Staff made a similar statement, saying that it regards the withdrawal of Russian troops from the fronts north of Kiev as “regrouping“. More on that.
- Russian units, which had suffered heavy casualties, returned to Belarus and Russia to regroup. reorganize and equip it, announced the British Ministry of Defence.
- Meanwhile, the fight for Ukrainian cities continues. residential areas of the city Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine and three industrial plants in the region Khmelnytskyi say they were hit by Russian bombing. The governor of the northern region of Ukraine Chernihiv sees no truce in Russian attacks.
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