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• Ukraine USA and EU claim that Kremlin advisers are hiding from Putin the real progress of the war

Russia

has intensified its offensive in

in the

, but continued bombing

and the

region , despite announcing a day earlier "a radical reduction" in military activity in northern Ukraine.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of

troops

continue to withdraw from the territories of the

and

regions , but considered that

it has only "temporarily given up the objective of blockading" the capital in the face of "the significant losses" it has suffered.

For his part, Vladimir Putin does not know how the

is going , and believes that the Russian military situation is better than it really is and that economic sanctions are having a much more modest impact than they are.

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US intelligence believes Putin feels cheated by his advisers

US intelligence agencies have concluded that

President

feels misled by his advisers because they are giving him "misinformation" about the evolution of the

and the effect of

on the Russian economy .

.

"We have information that

has felt cheated by the Russian Armed Forces, which has resulted in persistent tension between

and his military leadership," White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said at a conference on Wednesday. of press.

The official explained that the US intelligence community has revealed information suggesting that

did not know that his military had been suffering heavy losses on the battlefield.

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Pentagon says Russia beginning to reposition below 20% of forces around kyiv

Russia

has begun repositioning less than 20% of deployed forces around

,

the Pentagon said Wednesday, but warned that

is expected to refit and resupply them for

not to bring them home .

.

Russian forces shelled the outskirts of the capital

and the besieged city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, a day after

said it would scale back military operations in both cities, in what the

dismissed as a ploy to regroup before the invaders who suffered heavy losses.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said some of the Russian forces may have already moved to Belarus, as opposed to their local garrisons.

"They are leaving kyiv and heading further north, away from the city," Kirby told a news conference.

The troops that left the area included some from around Chernihiv along with those fighting near the city of Sumy, Kirby said.

He added that

was still being attacked by air and ground attacks.

A US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said some Russian troops

It was unclear whether the departing troops were coming from the exclusion zone around the plant or from surrounding towns.

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