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In force, and the ukrainians are asking for a full cease-fire. reduction does not mean full cease-fire. and so i am cautiously mystic that something will come out of here. but lets hope so. >> should we be, rick stangl, cautiously optimistic of something actually coming out of these talks. how likely is it, do we think, that vladimir putin is actually involved and/or having a direct line to people on the ground, involved in these talks in istanbul? >> well, to your first question, im always caut...

Outlines of the agreement about ukrainian neutrality, about the southeast region, the donbas region, about recognition of crimea, and even that last thing that they threw in the negotiations of making russian an official language of ukraine again, hes going to have to sign off on all of those things if there is going to be an agreement. >> if the two of you can be cautiously optimistic, then, i too, will get on that boat and be cautiously optimistic as we look ahead as theet talks. rick stangl, ...

Hey, everybody. good morning. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. im yasmin vassoughian in for jose diaz-balart. were going to begin with the very latest on the war in ukraine. at this hour, the president holding a call with leaders from france, germany, italy, and the uk, to discuss the russian invasion of ukraine. all of this after russias defense minister announcing that they have decided to drastically reduce its military activity near kyiv and chernihiv. that announcement coming as...

Negotiations happening in istanbul right now? >> reporter: yasmin, the negotiations took place in the building behind me here, right about four hours, 10:00 until 2:00 in the afternoon. im just going to look down to take you through the detail, because we are getting a lot of news from different sides about results of those negotiations. i guess the headline is that there does appear to have been some progress. turkey saying perhaps the most progress that there have been in talks so far. so as y...

So talking to civilians, talking to military here, talking to analysts who are obviously watching very closely, over the last month that i have been reporting from here, whether it was negotiations over a humanitarian corridor on land or a negotiation over a humanitarian corridors on the sea, on the black sea, or president putin saying that hes going to now focus his oefr eff and efforts on the east, instead of lviv, which is just miles from the polish border, a nato country, of course. the fact...

>> reporter: and its really interesting. he estimates about half the city has left, but the people who are staying, yasmin, like we have seen in other cities around ukraine, are fighting in all different ways. whats different about staying in odesa, for example, than lviv, that western city that ive been reporting from, here, they know this is on russias target list. they know this is on russias wish list. so we hear the shelling. there are air raid sirens every single night. it is an entirely d...

He said after meeting with refugees, that he was moved by all of the different sort of destruction that hes seen, and all of the different problems and actions that hes seen that has really impacted peoples lives. so here again is really the president is going to be talking to allies to try to solidify their support for nato, solidify their support for sticking together, but also, really trying to figure out how to help ukraine, because there is this frustration there, when you had a ukrainian o...

Against the radars, particularly the s-400 radars that the russians have, as well as air defense systems and communication systems. so, theyll be in germany, in the event. >> does this help or hinder current negotiations, that are happening in istanbul, or should it not matter from a military perspective. >> from a military perspective, this does not matter. what i think what really matters is the things that president zelenskyy is trying to lay out. if we think about this, zelenskyy, hes in a p...

Down to the key issues, you know, the questions of territory, the questions of trust, and the questions of exactly what kind of security guarantees there should be. >> molly hunter, kier simmons, yamiche alcindor, thank you all. appreciate it. joining us now from kyiv is igor novikov, former adviser to president zelenskyy. thank you so much for joining us on this. yao just heard from our correspondents on the ground there, talking especially about the negotiations that are happening in istanbul....

Where russian military officials said russian forces will reduce military activity near the capital city of kyiv. and secretary of state tony blinken just spoke at a press conference in morocco and addressed the ongoing developments in the peak talks between ukrainian and russian officials. he was asked the public should take these negotiations seriously. heres what he said. >> were focused on what russia does. and what it should do is end the aggression now. top firing. close forces back. and o...