The Ukrainian delegation arrived in the area on the border with Belarus for negotiations with Russia, the Ukrainian Presidency announced this Monday (28) morning.
According to a statement, the delegation includes, among others, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, adviser to the Chief of Staff of the President of Ukraine, Mykhailo Podoliak, and Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Mykola Tochytskyi.
The president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is not part of the group.
Українська делегація прибула в район українсько-білоруського кордону для участі в переговорах з представниками російської федерації.
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Ukraine demanded an “immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops”, said a statement from the Ukrainian presidency.
understand the conflict
After months of military escalation and intemperance on the Ukrainian border, Russia attacked the Eastern European country. At dawn this Thursday (24), Russian forces began to bomb several regions of the country – follow the repercussion live on CNN.
Hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in the Donbas region (to the east of Ukraine, where the breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk are located, which he recognized as independent). hours later, however, there was an attack on almost all of Ukrainian territory, with explosions in several cities, including the capital Kiev.
According to Ukrainian officials, dozens of deaths have been confirmed in the armies of both countries.
In his speech before the attack, Putin justified the action by saying that Russia could not “tolerate threats from Ukraine”. Putin urged Ukrainian soldiers to “put down your weapons and go home”. The Russian leader also stated that he will not accept any kind of foreign interference. This attack on the former Soviet neighbor threatens to destabilize Europe and involve the United States.
Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine for the past year, amassing tens of thousands of troops, equipment and artillery at the country’s gates. In recent weeks, diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions have been unsuccessful.
The escalation in the years-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine has triggered the continent’s biggest security crisis since the Cold War, raising the specter of a dangerous confrontation between Western powers and Moscow.
(From Sarah Marsh and Madeline Chambers of Reuters and Eliza Mackintosh of CNN)
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