Russian-Ukrainian talks in BelarusMOSCOW, Mar 13Negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv will take place on Monday, spokesman for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti. Peskov. Earlier, a member of the Russian delegation, the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, said that, compared with the beginning of the negotiation process, Moscow and Kyiv have made significant progress in achieving results. According to him, this progress can «grow in the very next few days into a common position of both delegations, into documents for signing».Media: in Kyiv they said that negotiations with Russia are underway «right now» Vladimir Putin on February 21, 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 the DPR. Early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. Three rounds of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations have already taken place in Belarus to resolve the situation in Ukraine. At the second meeting, the parties agreed on the organization of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of citizens, the delivery of food and medicine. Later, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, said that negotiations between the delegations are ongoing in video format, special working groups have been created. :08InfographicDonetsk and Luhansk People's RepublicsInfographicView
