KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city just hours after pledging to scale back operations in those zones to promote trust between the two sides, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.
Highlights
- Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city just hours after pledging to scale back operations in those zones to promote trust between the two sides.
- Talks between Ukraine and Russia were set to resume Friday by video.
- The number of Ukrainians fleeing the country topped a staggering 4 million, half of them children, the U.N.
- says.
- The Russian military reneged on its pledge Tuesday to de-escalate near the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv in order to “increase mutual trust and create conditions for further negotiations.” The announcement was met with deep suspicion from Zelenskyy and the West.
- “I do not know if we can still believe the Russians,” a refugee from Ukraine says.