Lviv: Taking a cautious approach to the promise made by Russia to deescalate the military operation in Ukraine, President, Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the people of Ukraine are not naïve.

Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin has said in the talks held in Istanbul to bring peace in war-ravaged Ukraine, that with an objective of increasing mutual trust a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions.

Meanwhile, Ukraine, which is not taking the word as face value, is still sceptical about the announcement of Russia on de-escalating military operations.

It may be noted that the delegates of both countries met in Turkey when Russian forces launched massive military operations in Ukraine over a month ago.

Already over four million people have left Ukraine for safety while scores have lost their lives in the shelling.

Amid this, the Ukrainian forces are putting every possible barricade and retaliating intensely to the actions of Russian forces.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has replied to Russia stating that Ukrainians have already learned during these 34 days of the invasion, and over the past eight years of the war in Donbas, that the only thing they can trust is a concrete result.

Ukraine said that the promise of Russia to deescalate military operations in some areas is only aimed at misleading the world.

Russia is accusing Ukraine of taking advantage of the ceasefire only to gather more arms to fight against Russia.

Meanwhile the U. S has termed Russia taking away its forces from some places of Ukraine as mere repositioning and not a clear sign of withdrawal of forces.

Both the US and Britain believe that Russia is preparing for a bigger assault on Ukraine.

Some analysts noted that Russia's promise to reduce fighting mostly covered areas where it has been losing ground.