Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the Gomel regionUN, Feb 28Negotiations between Kiev and Moscow on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border are still ongoing, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Sergei Kyslitsa said, speaking at an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly. «Negotiations on the border with Belarus are still going on,» he said. Negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations on the territory of Belarus began on Monday. The Russian delegation is headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky's office said that «the key issue of the negotiations is an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from the territory of Ukraine.»The Russian delegation did not sleep all night before the talks, Medinsky saidRussia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday, February 24. In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass have asked for help.» According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. The civilian population, according to the department, is not in danger. The Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrenders and after that they have the opportunity to return to their families.Situation development — in the online report >> «/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/f07c82c817f21d2ece9359c0ccfe4cdc.jpg» />12:04 Aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPRNegotiations between Russia and UkrainePosted by: K. Volkov
