According to a report, Tuesday’s negotiations between Russia and Ukraine identified what could eventually be a framework for ending the war. Reportedly, the russian deputy defence minister said russians would in the mean time cut back on military activity in Kyiv and Chernihiv. According to the report, negotiations in Istanbul are the first time in two weeks that the two sides have met face to face. Reportedly, the ukrainian delegation who may be willing to declare neutrality want its security guaranteed by other nations such as the u.s., uk, France, China and Poland in a nato style mutual defence arrangement. Reportedly, even as negotiators gathered, an airstrike on a government administration building in Mykolaiv was said to have killed 12 people.
According to the report, hundreds are waiting outside a grocery store in Ukraine amid food shortages. Reportedly, some russian forces suffering heavy losses have been forced to return via Belarus. According to the report, russians are now reinforcing troops in Donbas.