western leaders express doubts about russia s intentions. the us secretary of state says moscow continues to brutalise ukraine. in other headlines for you today police in london say there could be more fines issued, on top of the 20 announced on tuesday after covid laws were broken during lockdown in the british government. police say they won t reveal who s to be fined, though prime minister borisjohnson was at some of the events. mrjohnson attended the memorial service for queen elizabeth s husband prince philip as our political editor, laura kuenssberg reports. a moment to stand on ceremony. the prime minister on the list for a grand gathering that would have been forbidden under the covid laws he set. laws that meant the queen mourned her husband alone. today, arriving for this major memorial quietly, through a side door. borisjohnson s already had
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. a glimmer of hope in ukraine, as russia says it will scale back military operations, around the capital, kyiv. the ministry of defence of the russian federation has taken the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in the micro areas to boost mutual trust. but the u 5 is warning russia still has the capability to do great damage in ukraine.0ur other main stories. at least five people have been killed in a shooting in israel,
if russia does limit its offensive on the city, it s probably because it had stalled already. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. so how have ukraine and the west assessed russia s scaleback announcement? ukraine s president zelensky has said while initial signs from the talks were positive , they do not drown out the explosions of russian shells. the us said they would judge moscow on its actions rather than its words. again, very early stages here. they only just recently in the last few hours made this proclamation. so, we have seen a small number begin to move away from kyiv, that s about the most i can give you. i don t have any information on their resupply efforts for troops that are still going against kyiv. the russians still have a significant majority of their assembled combat
being shelled constantly, but are on the offensive in some areas. and he insisted the russians would never set foot in kyiv. sirens wail and inside the city, there is vigilance, night and day. territorial defence units out on patrol through deserted streets, now lined by checkpoints and roadblocks. their mission, to monitor any movements and search for the enemy within. saboteurs passing information to the russians. after being stopped and searched, this man was allowed to go on his way. but in the past month, in this area, they ve detained about 30 alleged informants. then, a sudden threat over our heads. they spot a russian drone
orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. so, how have ukraine and the west assessed russia s scale back announcement? ukraine s president zelensky has said while initial signs from the talks were positive , they do not drown out the explosions of russian shells. the us said they would judge moscow on its actions rather than its words. pentagon spokesmanjohn kirby says they believe russia is repositioning, not withdrawing. very early stages here. it does recently in the last few hours make this proclamation. so, we have seen a small number begin to move away from kyiv, that s about the most i can give you. i don t have any information on the resupply efforts for troops that is still going against kyiv. the russians still have a significant majority of their