The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, March 29. Click here for updates from March 28. Russia to ‘Drastically’ Cut Military Activity Near Kyiv Moscow said the move was for the sake of successful peace negotiations. ____ Ukraine-Russia Talks Start in Turkey; Abramovich Attends Talks Russian and Ukrainian negotiators began the first direct peace talks in more than two weeks on Tuesday in Istanbul, with the surprise attendance of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich who is sanctioned by the West over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The two teams sat facing each other at a long table in the presidential office, with the Russian oligarch sitting in the front row of observers wearing a blue suit, a Turkish presidential video feed showed. In a speech ahead of the talks on the Bosphorus strait, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told the delegations the time had come for concrete results and that progress would pave the …