first peace talks on the fifth day of war in Ukraine, which ends with new russian bombing that have been primed especially with the city of Kharkivthe second largest in the country.
This Monday, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations met for the first time since the Russian invasion began. They have done it on the border with Belarus, a meeting that has lasted more than five hours and that has ended without a ceasefire, although both parties they have been summoned to continue negotiating.
On the part of Kiev, it has been verified “some progress”as Majaíl Podolyak, advisor to the Ukrainian presidential office, has expressed: “The parties have outlined some priority issues on which certain advances can be glimpsed,” he indicated, in a video broadcast through Telegram.
For his part, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinski, also spoke of “some points on which we can predict common positions.” “The most important thing is that we agreed to continue with the negotiation process,” said the Kremlin’s envoy, who announced that the next meeting will take place in a few daysthis time on the Polish-Belarusian border.
However, while these talks were taking place, the bombings continued: this Monday Russia has perpetrated new attacks on the Ukrainian capital, although the offensive has focused on Kharkov, the second largest city in the country and close to the Russian border.
The Ukrainian government has denounced a attack on residential areas of that city, which has killed several civiliansincluding at least three children, according to the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, and left dozens injured.
Meanwhile, the French president, Emmanuel Macronhas had a new conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. As indicated by the French president, he has called Putin at the request of the Ukrainian leader, Volodímir Zelenski, and in that call he has urged him to stop the attacks on residential areas and the civilian population, as well as to respect civilian infrastructure and preserve the security of the main highways. The Russian president, according to Macron, showed his willingness to commit to these three points.
In turn, Zelenski officially requested this Monday the Ukraine’s entry into the European Unionon a day in which the effects of the economic sanctions imposed by the international community against Moscow have been felt, which they have collapsed the ruble.
Source: Lasexta
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