[NYPOST] Russian forces continued to attack the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv on Wednesday as a small number of Russian units withdrew — just hours after Moscow pledged to "increase mutual trust" by de-escalating its military presence around those same cities.A round of Russian shelling hit a slew of civilian sites, including residential areas and at least one library, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. The attacks came alongside renewed Russian aggression in the eastern Donbas region.
Russia claimed Tuesday that it would "radically" reduce its attacks around Kyiv and Chernihiv as a goodwill gesture amid the peace talks recently convened in Istanbul.
"Given that the talks on the preparation of an agreement on the neutrality and non-nuclear status of Ukraine have moved into a practical field ... a decision has been made to radically, by several times, reduce the military activity in the areas of Kyiv and Chernihiv," Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin had said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky replied Tuesday, "you can trust only concrete results."
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