Ukrainian soldiers were seen patrolling the streets of Irpin on Tuesday, following claims that the besieged Kyiv suburb has been "liberated" from Russian forces.

Video released by the Ukrainian military and verified by ABC News shows their troops driving through Irpin, a northwestern suburb of Kyiv where some of the heaviest fighting near the Ukrainian capital has taken place.

Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn announced in a video posted to Telegram on Monday that "Irpin has been liberated."

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government released video on Tuesday showing elderly people who had been evacuated from Irpin arriving in Kyiv, where they reunited with their families.

The footage purportedly shows 86-year-old Irpin resident Olga Molchanova being embraced by her daughter and son. Molchanova's adult children had evacuated Irpin earlier via a humanitarian corridor, but their parents refused to leave at the time, according to Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security (Stratcom).

"Recaptured by Ukrainian army, Irpin remains too dangerous for civilians to stay," Stratcom said in a post on Twitter alongside the video.

-ABC News' Monica Camacho and Fergal Gallagher

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is taking part in Tuesday's in-person negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Turkey's capital, a Turkish presidential source told ABC News.

Abramovich is the owner of the English professional football club Chelsea. The U.K. government has included him among the wealthy Russians targeted in recent sanctions.

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, that Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning after peace talks in Kyiv in early March.

A Turkish presidential source told ABC News that Abramovich suspected he was poisoned after experiencing eye problems.

Turkish officials confirmed there is a discussion regarding the food protocols during Tuesday's negotiations in Istanbul.

Ukraine is warning its delegation against eating or drinking while attending in-person peace talks with Russian negotiators, amid fears of potential poisoning.

"I advise to everyone who's going to any negotiations with Russia, not to eat or drink anything, and also not to touch any surfaces," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a statement Tuesday.

The warning came a day after The Wall Street Journal reported, , citing unnamed sources, that Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and two Ukrainian negotiators had suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning following peace talks in Kyiv in early March.

-ABC News' Julia Drozd

The latest round of in-person peace negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations kicked off in Istanbul on Tuesday morning, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in attendance.

Erdogan addressed both sides with a brief speech before the talks began.

"Establishing a cease-fire and peace as soon as possible will be to everyone's benefit. We think that we've entered a period where we need to achieve concrete results from negotiations," Erdogan said. "As members of the delegations, you've taken on a historic responsibility. The whole world is awaiting the good news that will come from you."

Footage showing the start of the meeting was broadcast by Russian state-backed television channel RT.

Tuesday's negotiations are taking place in Dolmabahce Palace in the Besiktas district of Turkey's capital, according to Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu Agency. It's the first face-to-face talks to take place between Russia and Ukraine in more than two weeks.

About 631 residents of the bombed-out city of Mariupol in southeast Ukraine were able to evacuate on Thursday, according to a Ukrainian official.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the residents fled the city in private vehicles after 45 buses reserved to drive them out failed to make it into the city. Vereshchuk said another 600 civilians still in Mariupol plan to try to evacuate again on Friday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday in an address to lawmakers of Australia, the Netherlands and Belgium that more than 90% of all buildings in Mariupol have been completely destroyed by Russian strikes.

"Thousands of peaceful Mariupol residents died, people are buried just in the city, in the courtyards of high-rise buildings, or rather, what is left of the high-rise buildings," Zelenskyy said.

-ABC News' Christine Theodorou