Putin backs down as he claims to ‘drastically cuts’ military activity near Kyiv

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The shock move has been announced by Russia’s deputy defence ministry on Tuesday after negotiation talks between Russian and Ukrainian teams in Istanbul.

Russian Deputy Minister of Defence, Alexander Fomin, said the decision was taken in the interest of creating mutual trust and the necessary conditions for further talks to take place.

The general staff are set to reveal in more detail the decisions that had been taken after the Russian delegation returned to Moscow, Fomin said.

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