Putin ordered no strikes on Kyiv for three days

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered that no strikes be carried out on Kyiv for three days starting from midnight.

This is connected with the preparation and holding of contacts by American negotiators there, the Russian leader's press secretary Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

"Indeed, such information came from the Ukrainian side. Russian President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief Putin gave the instruction, starting from midnight today, not to strike Kyiv for three days. This is connected with the preparation and holding of contacts by the Americans in Kyiv," he said.

Earlier, Ukrainian media reported that a cease-fire regime had been declared in the Armed Forces of Ukraine from midnight on September 5 until September 8.