Agencies (28 February 2022) – Talks between Ukraine and Russia have started at Belarussian border, news agency Reuters informed quoting an Ukrainian presidential advisor, as Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour reached Day 5.
Ukraine has vowed not to give ground at talks with Moscow and said their goal for the talks was an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.
Fighting has claimed dozens of civilian lives, forced hundreds and thousands of Ukrainians to flee west and could, according to the EU, eventually displace up to seven million people.
Russia has become an international pariah as its forces do battle on the streets of Ukraine’s cities, facing a barrage of sanctions including a ban from Western airspace and key financial networks.