BREAKING: Russia would not clarify its aims for the meeting, but Ukraine's key demands were an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine
— Ukrainian and Russian delegates arrived Monday for the first direct negotiations between the two countries since Russia launched its invasion five days earlier. While the talks brought tentative hope for an end to the war,'s president made it clear before the discussion began that he wasn't expecting any major breakthrough.
Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv was still on edge Monday morning, but residents were allowed out of their houses and shelters for the first time since Saturday night, when the local government — bracing for an escalation of Russia's siege on the city — said anyone out on the streets would be treated as an enemy.
to discuss the crisis a day after Putin said he was putting his nuclear forces on alert in response to what he claimed were"aggressive statements" by NATO and punishing sanctions from the world's wealthiest nations."Show this to Putin," says doctor unable to save Ukrainian girl wounded in Russian shelling
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