Earlier, the governor of the Kursk region in Russia reported several attacks at border crossings perpetrated on the Ukrainian side of the crossing. The attacks with mortars and small firearms have not yet caused any casualties, the governor said.
Russia’s Defence Ministry has warned that Russian armed forces will launch strikes on Ukrainian “decision-making centres”, including Kiev, if Ukraine doesn’t stop trying to hit objects on Russian territory. The ministry added that, so far,Moscow had avoided hitting these centres, but this policy might change.
Russia announced its decision drastically to scale down its military activities near Kiev after making such progress in the last in-person bilateral talks with Ukraine, which took place in Istanbul on 29 March. Moscow explained that key decision-makers, who can make the final call in peace talks, live in Kiev and hence the city should be spared any hostilities in the near future.
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