In Kiev, a rally was held against the «surrender» at the talks between Russia and the United States

Police officer in Kiev. Archive photo KYIV, 9 Jan. The rally with an appeal to world leaders to «prevent the surrender of Ukraine» in the negotiations between the Russian Federation and the United States, held on Mikhailovskaya Square in Kiev near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ended, it passed calmly, reports RIA Novosti correspondent. Several dozen people with the flags of the public organization «Free People», as well as the national flags of Ukraine, laid a large white canvas on the square, on which they wrote StopPutin with a spray can of paint. During the action, they called for world leaders not to allow Ukraine's surrender. Russia and the United States will hold consultations on January 9-10 in Geneva on Moscow's proposals on security guarantees, followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels, and consultations at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna. Russia has published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees against further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. The United States announced its readiness to assist Ukraine in the supply of energy resources