MOSCOW, Mar 1Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky reported to President Vladimir Putin on the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in person and in writing, press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov told reporters. On Monday, negotiations between the delegations of the Russian Federation and Ukraine took place on the territory of Belarus. 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.» Peskov said that Medinsky would personally report to Putin on the results of the talks. source-sid=»cc_by-sa_40″ class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes=»(min-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw» src=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/02/18/1774857532_0:35:3000:1723_1920x0_80_0_0_cc2ace5a3f8a4c1f04b8e4157b6fcc99.jpg» srcset=» data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns20xmlns20 .org/2000/svg%22%20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images /07e6/02/18/1774857532_0:35:3000:1723_640x0_80_0_0_90924f2971167831967d2492b60c8f3b.jpg 640w, https: //cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/02/18/1774857532_0: 35: 3000: 1723_1280x0_80_0_0_6315373c95195e148f327a094cdee8b2.jpg 1280w, https ://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/02/18/1774857532_0:35:3000:1723_1920x0_80_0_0_cc2ace5a3f8a4c1f04b8e4157b6fcc99.jpg 1920w»>01:12 Aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPR operation in Ukraine early in the morning on Thursday, February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report >>Yesterday, 19:14The aggravation of the situation in the Lena and DNR Ukraine agreed to hold another round of negotiations