Headline Roundup • February 28th, 2022
Russia and Ukraine Meet for Talks
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Envoys from Russia and Ukraine meet on Monday at the Ukraine-Belarus border amid hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough.
Ukraine is reportedly seeking an immediate ceasefire. Moscow would not comment on its objectives going into the talks. Expectations are reportedly low after Russia confirmed over the weekend that nuclear forces were on high alert.
The talks come on the fifth day of fighting, as Ukraine resistance continues to slow down the advance of Russian troops on major Ukrainian cities. Meanwhile, sanctions from Western countries directed at the Russian economy seek to cut off Moscow's major financial institutions, and the value of the Russian ruble has fallen 30%. Several NATO countries, including the United States, have also stepped up weapons supplies to Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters
Peace negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials commenced early Monday morning on the Ukraine-Belarus border as the Russian military continues its offensive.
Ukraine said its objective for the talks, which it agreed to “without preconditions,” are an “immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops,” the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Sunday. Ukraine’s delegation includes Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and several high-ranking officials but not Zelensky.
Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said Russia wants to come to an agreement that serves both parties.
The Ukrainian delegation invited Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the...
As fierce fighting continued across Ukraine on Monday, Kyiv said it would push for a cease-fire at talks with officials from Moscow.
The meeting on the Belarusian border comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear deterrent force to be on high alert, a huge escalation in Russia's confrontation with Western powers who have increased their supply of lethal aid to Ukraine and imposed crippling financial sanctions on Moscow.
The United States announced Monday morning it would ban all American businesses from dealing with Russia's central banks, as well as...
Ceasefire talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials began on the Belarusian border on Monday as Russia faced deepening economic isolation four days after invading Ukraine.
Russian forces seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine and the area around a nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency said.
But they ran into stiff resistance elsewhere as the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two failed to make as much ground as some had expected.
Talks began with the aim of an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian...
