Kyiv — Ukrainian and Russian delegates sat down Monday for the primary direct negotiations between the 2 nations since Russia launched its invasion 5 days earlier. The talks went for hours, and whereas they introduced some hope for an finish to the warfare, Ukraine‘s president and residents in Kyiv made it clear they anticipated little out of the dialogue. Even because the assembly happened there have been stories of intensified Russian shelling in jap Ukrainian cities.
Russia wouldn’t make clear its goals for the talks, however CBS Information’ Haley Ott reported that Ukraine’s key calls for have been a direct ceasefire and the withdrawal of all Russian troops. Russian officers mentioned the assembly had ended by early night and that the respective delegations have been heading again to their capitals to debate the negotiations.
Ukraine’s capital metropolis of Kyiv was nonetheless on edge Monday, however residents have been allowed out of their homes and shelters for the primary time since Saturday evening, when the native authorities — bracing for an escalation of Russia’s siege on the town — mentioned anybody out on the streets could be handled as an enemy.
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Hours earlier than the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations started at a location close to the border with Belarus, Ukrainian officers mentioned Russia had but once more shelled main cities in a single day. Protection officers mentioned Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest metropolis, was coming underneath intense artillery fireplace after Ukrainian forces recaptured it from Russian troops the day past.
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Stress was mounting on Russian chief Vladimir Putin, in the meantime, with the complete United Nations Normal Meeting gathering for an extraordinary emergency meeting to debate the disaster a day after Putin mentioned he was placing his nuclear forces on alert in response to what he claimed have been “aggressive statements” by NATO, and punishing sanctions from the world’s wealthiest nations.
