Russian forces have pounded areas around Ukraine's capital and another city, just hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places. The overnight shelling, described by regional leaders on Wednesday local time, further tempered optimism about any progress in talks aimed at ending the punishing war.Russia did not spell out what exactly it planned to do differently, and while the promise initially raised hopes that a path toward peace was coming into view, Ukraine's president and others cautioned that the remarks could merely be bluster and the Kremlin's spokesman said he saw no breakthrough in the talks.
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