Russia would begin withdrawing its troops from Kyiv. Despite the first glimmers of peace, however, there is much mistrust between the US and the Kremlin. And US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has everyone frozen in the face of the ongoing negotiations. “There are no signs that Russia is getting really serious in negotiations with Ukraine US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, according to CNN There is what Russia says and what this Russia does. We focus on the second ».
According to reports from CNN, Russia has started withdrawing its forces from near Kyiv. The network quotes two US officials who define the moves as a longterm move. In fact, the talks in Istanbul ended with the first real turning point towards an end to the Ukraine conflict. While waiting for the Kremlin to consider and respond to Ukrainian proposals on security guarantees for Kyiv in exchange for its neutrality, Russia has said it is “drastically reducing” maneuvers around the Ukrainian capital and Chernihiv, now bombed. become. And according to US sources, a troop withdrawal is already underway in the outskirts of Kyiv, which appears framed in a permanent “strategy change.” A very important signal a few hours before the end of the first round of negotiations was the conference call of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who announced the achievement of the main goals of the first phase of the socalled “special operation”.