Zelenskyy said there was no reason to believe Russia’s announcement that it would reduce military activity near Kyiv and Chernihiv, given what’s happening on the ground.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there was no reason to believe Russia's announcement that it would reduce military activity near Kyiv, the capital, as well as in the northern city of Chernihiv, given what's happening on the ground.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said Moscow would in the meantime "fundamentally ... cut back military activity in the direction of Kyiv and Chernihiv" to "increase mutual trust and create conditions for further negotiations."KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 30: A woman with belongings walks past a completely destroyed building after Russian shelling in Sviatoshinsky district of Kyiv, Ukraine on March 30, 2022.
"Ukrainians are not naïve people," he said. "Ukrainians have already learned during the 34 days of the invasion and during the past eight years of war in the Donbas that you can trust only concrete results."The U.S. and others also expressed doubts about Russia's intentions. Britain's Ministry of Defense said Wednesday that Russia stating a focus on Donetsk and Luhansk in the Donbas region "is likely a tacit admission that it is struggling to sustain more than one significant axis of advance."
It wouldn't be the first time. In the tense buildup to the invasion, the Russian military announced some units were loading equipment onto rail cars and preparing to return to their home bases after completing exercises. At the time, Putin was signaling interest in diplomacy. But 10 days later, Russia launched its invasion.
"It’s terrible. They waited for people to go to work" before striking the building, said regional governor Vitaliy Kim. "I overslept. I’m lucky."
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