"After the talks in Istanbul, we changed the configuration of troops in Ukraine as a goodwill gesture, but the Ukrainian side did not appreciate this gesture properly," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with India Today.
"We just changed the configuration of our military presence in Ukraine. It was announced immediately after the meeting in Istanbul. We said that we are changing the configuration of our military presence in the Chernihiv and Kyiv regions as a gesture of goodwill to consider the proposals submitted by the Ukrainian side. However, yo know it was assessed properly. In turn, there was staging in Bucha."