Ukraine struggle: Russia wished to carry the talks in Kremlin-aligned Belarus.
Kyiv:
Ukraine mentioned Sunday it could maintain talks with Russia at its border with Belarus — close to the Chernobyl exclusion zone — after a name between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarus chief Alexander Lukashenko.
“The politicians agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet the Russian one without preconditions at the Ukraine-Belarus border, near the Pripyat River,” Zelensky’s workplace mentioned.
Zelensky has mentioned he won’t maintain talks with Russia on the territory of Belarus, the place some Russian troops had been stationed earlier than invading on Ukraine’s northern border.
But Kyiv mentioned Lukashenko assured Zelensky that “all planes, helicopters and missiles stationed on Belarus territory will remain on the ground during the travel, negotiations and return of the Ukrainian delegation”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has mentioned {that a} Russian delegation was presently within the Belarusian metropolis of Gomel.
Moscow has wished to carry the talks in Kremlin-aligned Belarus.
Zelensky, refusing to journey to Minsk, mentioned Kyiv had proposed “Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku” as choices to Russia.
Ukraine fought off an incursion by Russian troops into its second metropolis Kharkiv on Sunday, the fourth day of the invasion, however Putin raised worldwide alarm by placing nuclear forces on alert.
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