Biden Expresses Skepticism About Russian Troop Reductions

Biden Expresses Skepticism About Russian Troop Reductions
President Joe Biden introduces his budget request for fiscal year 2023 in the State Dining Room of the White House on March 28, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden says he isn’t “reading anything into” statements from Russian officials signaling that the Russian military is drawing back some of its troops near the Ukrainian capitol of Kyiv.

Face-to-face negotiations between Russia and Ukraine Tuesday in Turkey yielded the first steps towards peace between the two nations more than a month into the war that has left thousands dead or injured and displaced nearly four million Ukrainians.