Talks Between Delegations of Russia and Ukraine End at Belarus Border

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that Kyiv residents can safely use a highway leading to Vasylkiv just southwest of the Ukrainian capital.

Negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine have ended, news agency Sputnik reported on Monday. The next round of negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine will be held on the Polish-Belarusian border. Among the delegates was Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. Ukraine had earlier refused to hold talks near Belarus, as Russian troops are stationed near its border. According to the Ukraine government, the main goal of negotiations with Moscow is an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops. The Russian military said that residents of the Ukrainian capital can use a safe corridor to leave the city if they want.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that Kyiv residents can safely use a highway leading to Vasylkiv just southwest of the Ukrainian capital. The statement came as fighting raged in various parts of the Ukrainian capital, with Ukrainian authorities saying that they were fighting small groups of Russian forces in various sectors of the capital.

Meanwhile, the Union health ministry, on February 28, revised the international travel advisory, imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide various exemptions to travellers from abroad to aid the evacuation of Indian students from the war-hit Ukraine.

Under the revised guidelines, mandatory pre-boarding negative RTPCR test and COVID-19 vaccination certificate are not required to be uploaded on the Air-Suvidha portal by Indian nationals heading home now.