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its military activity around ukraine s capital, that would mark a key shift in what moscow calls its special military operation , but what most of the world calls russia s war. an admission, perhaps, that after struggling to make advances, russian troops have realised they cannot take the city of kyiv. but and there are lots of buts here russia hasn t ceased hostilities in ukraine. it made that clear today. its troops are continuing to fight. although their main focus now, moscow says, is on the donbas, in eastern ukraine. and what about those areas in the east and their status, under any potential deal? also, not clear. and remember, from the very beginning, vladimir putin s objective was to force the whole of ukraine back into russia s orbit. will he really give up on that? steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.
welcome to bbc news, i m david eades. our top stories. a glimmer of hope for ukraine in peace talks russia says it ll scale back military operations around the capital kyiv. translation: the ministry of defence of the russian . federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the kyiv and chernihiv areas in order to boost mutual trust. western leaders express doubts about russia s intentions. the us secretary of state says moscow continues to brutalise ukraine. at least five people have been killed in a shooting in israel the third such attack in the past week. and queen elizabeth