russian forces have been suffering setbacks in their invasion of ukraine withdrawing some forces from the air around the capital kyiv after failing to storm the city. the russians now saying they want to focus their offensive on the east of the country, which includes kharkiv, where authorities report a major uptick in shelling in recent days. all this as talks between russia and ukraine to try to end the fighting continue. moscow now saying vladimir putin has been briefed on the chopper attack and it could have a negative impact on the talks. of course this is not something that could be perceived as creating comfortable conditions for negotiations the kremlin spokesman said. the strike on the oil facility will probably do little to hole up russia s invasion of ukraine. but if the ukrainians are behind it, it would show they are not afraid to strike back at country that is attacking them.
turks helping to facilitate those talks. they go on as well in a virtual format. the two sides talk to one another. they hope to continue that and get more of their people out of the hands of the russians. it seems to be incredible gains. the kremlin is saying with the chopper attack that happened, they think that does not help, move any sort of talking forward. if the ukrainians pay it back.
support facility in this area. the ukrainians have not acknowledged whether they have hit the depot. i can neither confirm nor reject the claim that ukraine was involved in this, simply because i do not possess all the military information. reporter: the strike comes as russian forces have been suffering setbacks in their invasion of ukraine after failing to storm kyiv. russians say they want to focus their offensive on the east of the country which includes kharkiv, where authorities report a major uptick in shelling in recent days. all of this as talks between russia and ukraine to try and end the fighting continue. but moscow now saying vladimir putin has been briefed on the chopper attack and it could have a negative impact on the talks. of course this is not something that can be perceived as creating comfortable conditions
the east of the country, which includes kharkiv, where authorities report a major uptick in shelling in recent days. all this as talks between russia and ukraine to try and end the fighting continue. but moscow now saying vladimir putin has been briefed on the chopper attack, and it could have a negative impact on the talks. of course this is not something that can be perceived as creating comfortable conditions for continuing negotiations, the kremlin spokesman said. the strike on the oil facility will probably do little to hold up russia s invasion of ukraine, but if the ukrainians are behind it, it would show they are not afraid to strike back at the country that is attacking them. fred pleitgen, cnn, kyiv, ukraine. in the coming hours, a convoy of buses will again try to reach the besieged city of mariupol to evacuate civilians who have endured weeks of a brutal russian military assault. an estimated 100,000 people still trapped in mariupol.
russian forces have been suffering setbacks in their invasion of ukraine, withdrawing some forces from the area around the capital, kyiv, after failing to storm the city. the russians now saying they want to focus their offensive on the east of the country, which includes kharkiv, where authorities report a major uptick in shelling in recent days. all this as talks between russia and ukraine to try and end the fighting continue. but moscow now saying vladimir putin has been briefed on the chopper attack and it could have a negative impact on the talks. of course this is not something that can be perceived as creating comfortable conditions for continuing negotiations, the kremlin spokesman said. the strike on the oil facility will probably do little to hollhold up russia s invasion of ukraine, but if the ukrainians are behind it, it would show they are not afraid to strike back at the country that is attacking them. fred pleitgen, thanks so