Following the latest round of diplomatic talks, Russia says it will drastically scale down military operations near Kyiv and Chernihiv to 'increase mutual trust' at the ongoing negotiations. Previous story:
Ahead of the talks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country is prepared to declare its neutrality, as Moscow has demanded, and is open to compromise over the contested eastern region of Donbas — comments that might lend momentum to negotiations. But even as the negotiators assembled, Russian forces hit an oil depot in western Ukraine and demolished a government building in the south, with several deaths.
In fighting that has devolved into a back-and-forth stalemate, Ukrainian forces retook Irpin, a key suburb northwest of the capital, Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Monday. But he warned that Russian troops were regrouping to take the area back. "It's terrible. They waited for people to go to work" before striking the building, said regional Gov. Vitaliy Kim. "I overslept. I'm lucky."
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