MOSCOW, Mar 14 Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the head of the Russian Federation, told reporters. “Negotiations are indeed being conducted today in the videoconferencing mode. I don’t know whether they ended today or not. But we will definitely ask the head of our delegation to provide you with information on the details,” Peskov said , answering the question about the dates of new negotiations, and whether they are really going on today in the videoconferencing mode.14:29The Kremlin called the shelling of Donetsk «Tochka-U» an attack on the civilian populationThree rounds of negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the settlement of relations have already taken place in Belarus. During the second round, the parties reached an understanding on the joint provision of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of citizens, the delivery of food and medicine. Later, adviser to the head of Vladimir Zelensky's office, Mikhail Podolyak, said that negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine were ongoing in video format, special working groups had been created. Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, a member of the Russian delegation parties at the beginning of the negotiations and today, we can talk about significant progress, progress in the dialogue can develop into a common position of the parties and the signing of documents. According to him, the signing of the documents will form the basis for reducing the degree of tension during the Russian special operation and saving people's lives. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized. What are we to do about it?
