Ukraine to Hold Talks With Russia on Border With Belarus
- Ukraine to meet without conditions as Putin demands neutrality
- Zelenskiy says Lukashenko made security guarantees for meeting
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Ukrainian authorities will hold talks with Russian counterparts on the nation’s border with Belarus, as Russian forces advanced into Ukraine’s second-largest city on day four of their invasion and western allies ratcheted up sanctions.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine would hold talks with no preconditions at a location along the Pripyat river, a tributary of the Dnieper that flows through Ukraine and Belarus. Zelenskiy, who voiced skepticism over what the talks may yield, spoke earlier with Belarus’s leader, Alexander Lukashenko.