Ukraine: What happened today, Wednesday, March 30?

Shelling is reported to have intensified in the northern city of Cherniv over the last 24 hours, despite Russia pledging to scale back operations there on Tuesday

Smoke rises the air in Lviv, western Ukraine, following a Russian airstrike. Picture: AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty

Russian forces continued to bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and a besieged city in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, just day after pledging to scale down operations those areas.

On Tuesday, Moscow’s lead negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said Russia was planning to curtail some of its operations in order to "increase mutual trust for peace talks."