Ukrainian delegation member Denis Kireev before Russian-Ukrainian talks in Gomel regionMOSCOW, March 5 Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed the death of a member of the Kiev delegation at the talks with Russia Denis KireevEarlier, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Alexander Dubinsky said that the Security Service killed Kireev during the arrest. Ukrainian blogger Anatoly Shariy also wrote about this. As Dubinsky noted, Kireev was suspected of treason. «During the performance of special assignments, three intelligence officers were killed — employees of the main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: Oleksiy Ivanovich Dolya, Valeriy Viktorovich Chibineev, Denis Borisovich Kireev,» the GUR said in a Telegram channel.
Negotiator Kireev was killed in the center of Kyiv, blogger Shariy claims. The first round of negotiations took place on February 28 in the Gomel region of Belarus, after which the delegations returned to the capitals to discuss the results of the meeting. Moscow was represented by Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky and Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov. From Kyiv, in addition to Kireev, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov, head of the faction Servant of the People David Arakhamia, Deputy Foreign Minister Mykola Tochitsky, Advisor to the Head of the President's Office Mikhail Podolyak, Verkhovna Rada Deputy Rustem Umerov, First Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group Andriy Kostin. The second round of negotiations took place on March 3. The parties agreed to create humanitarian corridors. According to the Ukrainian side, the third round of negotiations will be at the beginning of next week. On February 21, Vladimir Putin, in response to requests from the Donbass republics and after an appeal from State Duma deputies, signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR. Early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces only strike at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops.Situation development — in the online report >>
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