surrounded by the russians who are fighting near their own border and so closer to vital supply lines. on friday, russian backed separatists claimed they captured the town which leads to the city, a key target for the comment. meanwhile, the humanitarian tell of the fighting is immense. the un now says 1a million people have fled ukraine since the russian invasion. a conservative mp has resigned as a ministerial aid saying revelations about lockdown parties in downing street had created a deep mistrust and the government and the conservative party. all homestead has done. by the toxic culture number ten. another conservative mp has this evening said he has now submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. earlier i spoke to our correspondent who told me these could be warning signs for the prime minister. it could be warning signs for the prime minister. , , , ., , minister. it definitely seems to be a dri - , minister. it definitely seems to be a drip. drip. minister. i
and ukraine, began with deep mistrust. no handshake, but after four hours, the most significant progress so far. russia s deputy defense minister announcing, russian troops would drastically reduce activity in central ukraine, around kyiv and the city of chernihiv. ukrainian officials saying, no foreign troops, all have to leave ukraine. but, that ukraine would negotiate, on the future status of russian-backed separatist areas in donbas, leave open the issue of russian held crimea. and critically, except neutrality, not pursuing nato membership. in exchange for international security guarantees. but is it real progress? or a trap? russia only agreed to scale back in areas where it was already suffering heavy losses. and in the east, russia continues to bomb civilians indiscriminately. in mariupol, and in kharkiv. our thanks to richard engle for that report. we will have much more on the
chernihiv show exactly why nato countries are approaching russia s claim that it is drawing down troops with skepticism. russia says it wants to increase trust at the negotiating table, but officials believe it may be repositioning its forces to stage a larger assault on the east. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more from ukraine. reporter: the new talks between russia and ukraine began with deep mistrust. no handshake. but after 4 hours, the most significant progress so far. russia s deputy defense minister announcing russian troops would drastically reduce activity in central ukraine around kyiv and the city of chernihiv. ukrainian officials saying no foreign troops. all have to leave ukraine. but that ukraine would negotiate on the future status of russian-backed separatist ars
counterattacks to the northwest of kyiv, but caution russian forces impose a serious threat to the capitol. president biden speaking to key allies affirming all are committed to raising costs on vladimir putin richard engel starts us from eastern ukraine. reporter: the new talks between russia and ukraine began with deep mistrust no handshake but after four hours, the most significant progress so far. russia s deputy defense minister announcing russian troops would drastically reduce activity in central ukraine around kyiv and the city of chernihiv. ukrainian officials saying no foreign troops, all have to leave ukraine. but that ukraine would negotiate on the future status of russian backed separatist areas in donbas, leave open the issue of russian-held crimea, and critically accept neutrality not pursuing nato membership in
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