Progress reported in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, but with continued Russian shelling

in a history that shows Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted.

Moscow's pledge to scale back its military activity is met with major skepticism.

We'll have the latest from the Biden White House and from the battlefield in its military activity is met with major skepticism.

We'll have the latest from the Biden White House and from the battlefield in Ukraine.

Plus, the morning's other big stories were covering questions of whether Donald Trump used burner phones to hide conversations he had while the Capitol was under attack.

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for you. Yish. And Chris Rock, set to take the stage for the first time since Oscar night.

Good morning. And welcome to morning, Joe. It's Wednesday, March 30th. Joe has the morning off.

Willie, let's dive right in. Well, Mika, good morning. You said

it. There is some skepticism, but more than a month into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the first

significant signs of progress are being reported in peace talks between the two countries.

Representatives met for more than three hours in Turkey yesterday following weeks of fighting.

In those talks, Ukrainian officials reportedly agreed to declare their country permanently

neutral, abandoning any hope of joining NATO, and agreed to discuss possibly conceding some

of their own territory, which Russia already has claimed for itself.

In exchange, a group of outside

nations would provide, quote, security guarantees to Ukraine in the event of a future attack.

This hypothetical group, which could include the United States, reportedly would commit to

providing Ukraine with military aid and a no-fly zone.

Unclear, however, if any outside nations have signed onto this guarantee or ever would.

So, Mika, these are very broad strokes here.

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