Ukrainian armed forces fire self-propelled artillery at positions near Makariv
New Delhi:
Ukraine and Russia disagree on the outcome of the third round of talks in Belarus today. While a negotiator from Kyiv spoke of “positive results”, a Russian negotiator said their expectations “have not been fulfilled”, AFP news agency reported.
Here are the 10 latest developments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine:
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The third round of negotiations with Ukraine focuses on opening humanitarian corridors from Ukrainian cities that are under fire. After the meeting, the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky said: “Our expectations from the negotiations were not met. We hope that next time we will be able to achieve a more important step forward. “.
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However, Kyiv’s presidential adviser, Mikhailo Podolyak, points out that there has been some progress, tweeting, “We have achieved some positive results regarding the logistics of humanitarian corridors, ”
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Earlier today, Ukraine rejected Russia’s plan for a humanitarian corridor to Kyiv, Mariupol, Kharkiv and Sumy to Russia and Belarus. According to a map released by the RIA news agency, the corridor from Kyiv will lead to Belarus, while civilians from Kharkiv are only allowed to go to Russia. Russia also said it would start airlifting Ukrainians from Kyiv to Russia.
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Ukraine called the plan an “unethical stunt”. Spokesperson of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, saying that Russia is trying to “use the suffering of its people to create a television picture”. “They are citizens of Ukraine, they should have the right to evacuate to Ukraine’s territory,” a spokesman said.
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The mayor of Sumy, Alexander Lysenko, the national battalion commander, has stated that “there will be no green corridors, not a single civilian will go to Russia, and those who try to do this will be shot.”
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Russia announced a ceasefire in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy from 12.30pm IST on Monday. But this also decreased after Ukraine rejected the corridor plan.
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Early this morning, Prime Minister Modi talks with Russian President Putin and President Zelensky of Ukraine. Government sources say Prime Minister Modi has urged President Putin to hold face-to-face talks with President Zelensky, in addition to the ongoing negotiations between their groups. Mr Putin had previously said he would achieve his goals in Ukraine “through negotiations or through war”.
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Prime Minister Modi also stressed the importance of safely evacuating Indian citizens from Sumy at the earliest. Government sources said that President Putin had assured Prime Minister Modi of possible cooperation in their safe evacuation.
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The United Nations’ highest court is hearing Ukraine’s appeal for an urgent ruling asking Russia to stop its aggression. Kyiv filed an emergency lawsuit on February 27, saying that Russia had unlawfully justified its war by falsely accusing genocide in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine. Russia refused to attend the hearing.
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, now in its twelfth day, has seen more than 1.5 million people flee the country in the United Nations’ fastest-rising refugee crisis since World War II. .
