Ukrainian and top Western military officials have expressed doubts about Russia’s announced reduction in military activities in northern Ukraine. the Ukrainian The General Staff declared on Wednesday night: “The so-called ‘troop withdrawal’ is probably a rotation of individual units aimed at increasing the military leadership of the Ukrainian to deceive the armed forces”. The US Department of Defense warned of a new Russian military offensive.
the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of “positive” signals from Moscow on Tuesday, but assured that the Ukraine will continue to fight for the time being. After the three-hour talks in Istanbul on Tuesday, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said that “in order to strengthen confidence”, the “radical” reduction in Russia’s military activities near Kyiv and the city of Chernihiv to the north had been decided. The Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinski spoke of a “significant discussion” in Istanbul. the Ukrainian Proposals would now be presented to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.
the Ukrainian Page had proposed an “international agreement” to ensure the safety of the Ukraine to guarantee. Several countries should be the guarantors as signatory states, the explained Ukrainian Chief Negotiator David Arachamia and referred to Article 5 of NATO. The Confederation Case Article provides that an attack on a Defense Confederation country
Meanwhile, fighting in Ukraine continued. Twelve people were killed in a Russian attack on the regional administration in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. According to EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell, a representation of the EU advisory mission in Ukraine was also fired upon by Russia.
France failed with its initiative for an evacuation campaign from the encircled port city of Mariupol. This is currently not possible, Paris said after a conversation between President Macron and Putin. The latter, however, had a suggestion; he instead called on the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender.
