Ukraine agrees to talks with Russia in neighboring Belarus
The agreement to hold talks came the same day President Vladimir Putin put Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert.
Ukraine on Sunday agreed to talks with Russian officials in neighboring Belarus, after initially rejecting the idea, while Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s nuclear deterrent forces to be on high alert.
In a statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and agreed to meet with the Russians “without preconditions.” Zelenskyy earlier said his government would not attend negotiations in Belarus, a close ally of Moscow’s where thousands of Russian troops massed in the lead-up to last week’s invasion.







