Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday, just hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places to help negotiations along.
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, according to the United Nations, while the economic repercussions from the war and the West’s sanctions against Moscow widened. amid concerns that Russia could cut off deliveries unless it is paid in rubles. Poland announced steps to end all Russian oil imports by the end of 2022. Medinsky said in televised comments that the proposals signaled Ukraine’s readiness to reach agreement “for the first time in years,” adding that if Ukraine makes good on its offer, “the threat of creating a NATO bridgehead on the Ukrainian territory will be removed.”Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov sounded a positive note as well but added, “We can’t say there has been something promising or any breakthroughs.
He added: “Of course, the door to diplomacy will always be left ajar, but I don’t think you can trust what is coming out of the mouth of Putin’s war machine.”“The so-called reduction of activity in the Chernihiv region was demonstrated by the enemy strikes, including airstrikes on Nizhyn, and all night long they were shelling Chernihiv,” said the regional governor, Viacheslav Chaus. “Civilian infrastructure facilities, libraries, shopping centers, many houses were destroyed in Chernihiv.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said the military targeted fuel depots in two towns in central Ukraine with air-launched long-range cruise missiles. Russian forces also hit a Ukrainian special forces headquarters in the southern Mykolaiv region, he said, and two ammunition depots in the Donetsk region.
Meanwhile, a missile destroyed part of an apartment block in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk early Wednesday, and two people were reported killed. Separatists blamed Ukrainian forces for the attack.
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