Breaking: Ukraine, Russia hold second round of peace talks in Belarus
- Talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations have begun at an undisclosed location on Ukraine's border
- The key issues on the agenda are: immediate ceasefire, armistice and humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from destroyed
- Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova accused the Russian Federation on Thursday of engaging in acts that amount to war crimes
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are meeting for a second round of talks in Belarus today, March 3.
CNN reports that Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser disclosed that their representatives were on the way.
He was quoted to have said:
Source: UGC
“En route to talks with Russian Federation. Already in helicopters. We will start in couple of hours, The talks will take place,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier in a video conference."
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The key issues on the agenda:
1. Immediate ceasefire
2. Armistice
3. Humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from destroyed or constantly shelled villages/cities."
Russia-Ukraine war: What does Putin want?
Putin does not want Ukraine leaning towards the West. In specific terms, he listed his demands in a list of security guarantees that the West has to agree to in order to lower tensions in Europe and defuse the crisis over Ukraine.
Among the demands is that Ukraine must not be allowed to join NATO. He also wants any NATO drills near Russia’s border halted. Putin also wants NATO to remove any troops or weapons deployed to countries that entered the alliance after 1997.
Those being indirectly referred to include Poland, the former Soviet countries of Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and the Balkan countries.
Ukraine: FG secures visa-free access for Nigerians
In a related development, the governments of Romania and Hungary have approved visa-free access to all Nigerians coming from Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.
This good news was made public by the federal government through the ministry of foreign affairs in a statement on Sunday, February 27.
In the statement signed by the permanent secretary of the ministry, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, Nigerians in Ukraine were advised to flee to the Hungarian Zahony border and Romanian Suceava, Tulcea, Satu Mare County, and Maramures borders.
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