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Ukraine ceasefire talks begin; Russia takes two small cities
KYIV/MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Russian forces seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine and the area around a nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency said on Monday, but ran into stiff resistance elsewhere as Moscow's diplomatic and economic isolation deepened.
After four days of fighting and a Russian advance that has gone more slowly than some expected, talks between Ukraine and Russia started on Monday at the border with Russian ally Belarus, a senior Ukrainian official told Reuters via text message.
The goal was an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces, the Ukrainian president's office said earlier.
It was not clear whether any progress could be achieved after President Vladimir Putin on Thursday launched the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two and put Russia's nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday.
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Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, left, and Russian State Duma member Leonid Slutsky, followed by the Ukrainian delegation arrive for Russian-Ukrainian talks in Belarus on February 28. (Alexandr Kryazhev/ Sputnik/AP)
Talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Belarus began just before 1 p.m. Ukrainian time (6 a.m. ET) on Monday.
Ukraine's delegation includes several high-ranking officials, but not Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky himself.
The country demanded an “immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops” in the lead-up to the meeting.
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(28-02-2022, 09:03 PM)Teeth53 Wrote: Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, left, and Russian State Duma member Leonid Slutsky, followed by the Ukrainian delegation arrive for Russian-Ukrainian talks in Belarus on February 28. (Alexandr Kryazhev/ Sputnik/AP)
Talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Belarus began just before 1 p.m. Ukrainian time (6 a.m. ET) on Monday.
Ukraine's delegation includes several high-ranking officials, but not Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky himself.
The country demanded an “immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops” in the lead-up to the meeting.
Not very sincere ownself didn't appear for the talk