Signs of hope for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war emerged on Tuesday morning when a Russian official said Moscow would “reduce military action” in the north of Ukraine near Kyiv and Chernihiv, according to multiple reports.
Negotiations between the two sides are taking place in Turkey a little more than a month into a conflict that has killed thousands on both sides, devastated much of Ukraine and led to stiff sanctions on Moscow from the west.
Talks in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine have wrapped for the day but are expected to continue. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ahead of the talks had argued that an immediate cease-fire was in each party’s interest, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The New York Times, reporting on the talks, said Moscow was prepared to push up the timing of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It reported that Russia’s chief negotiator said such a meeting was possible if a draft peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia could be forged.
Russia’s advances in Ukraine have stalled in recent days amid a counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces near Kyiv.
Russia has made advances in Ukraine’s south and east, and it has been suspected that a goal of Putin’s was to connect the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, seized in a separate 2014 invasion, with separatist regions bordering Russia in eastern Ukraine.
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#BREAKING: Russia says it will reduce military action near Kyiv amid hopes for peace talks https://t.co/fj42ixiaSj pic.twitter.com/Ll442G1ZQF
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