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The US

does not believe

Russia

or the withdrawal of its troops from

Kiev

, announced on Monday in the first advance in the negotiations to end the

war in Ukraine

.

"We believe this is a relocation, not a real withdrawal, and we should all be prepared to see a major offensive against other parts of

Ukraine

," Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said.

The US noted that "no one should be fooled by Russia

's recent claim

that it will suddenly reduce military strikes against Kiev in the war in

Ukraine

or any other information that it will withdraw all its forces."

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Russia withdraws part of its troops from kyiv to focus on the conquest of Donbas

The Russian Army has begun withdrawing some of its troops from the outskirts of

Kiev

and the besieged northern city of Chernigov to focus on the conquest of

Donbas

, the primary objective of the current Russian military campaign in Ukraine.

"The Russian enemy is carrying out the withdrawal of individual units from the territories of the

Kiev

and

Chernigov

regions, " the General Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

Russia

had announced this morning the intention to reduce military activity around Kiev and Chernigov after the negotiations held in Istanbul with the Ukrainian delegation.

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05.58.

The US warns that the Russian withdrawal from the vicinity of kyiv "is not real"

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that

Russia

has moved "a small number" of units in the last day in the vicinity of Kiev and ruled out that it is "a real withdrawal."

"We believe this is a relocation, not a real withdrawal, and we should all be prepared to see a major offensive against other parts of

Ukraine

," Defense Department spokesman John Kirby told a news conference.

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05.57.

Zelensky says that Ukraine will not reduce its defense and that the invasion is coming to an end

The President of

Ukraine

,

Volodimir Zelensky

, has stated that on the 34th day the

Russian invasion

"is coming to an end", but that his country will not reduce "defense efforts", after

Russia

announced that it will "reduce hostilities in

Kiev

and

Chenikov

".

"Yes, we can qualify the signals we hear from the trading platform as positive. But these signals do not drown out the breakouts of the Russian projectiles,"

Zelensky

said in his usual late-day message posted on the Ukrainian presidency website.

"The 34th day of the full-scale invasion of

Russia

and our full-scale defense is coming to an end,"

Zelensky

said .

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