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World News See other World News Articles Title: Ukraine President Agrees To Hold Talks "Without Preconditions" With Russia At Belarus Border In a hopeful sign of de-escalation, Ukrainian officials said they will meet Russian counterparts at the Belarus border, shortly after Vladimir Putin said he is putting Russias nuclear forces on higher alert. In a Facebook post, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine has agreed to talks with Russia on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. "We have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with Russian without prior conditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, in the area of the Pripyat River," Zelenskiy said. A delegation has already left Kyiv, Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of Zelenskiys party, said in televised comments. The Ukraine foreign minister said that he will go to listen to what Russia has to say and that he will not surrender territory. The confirmation came after Russia earlier sent a negotiation team to the southeastern Belarusian city of Gomel. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the "Russian delegation is ready for talks, and we are now waiting for the Ukrainians" in the Belarusian city of Homel, per AP. In response, Zelensky said in a video address that he's open to talks, but not in Belarus which he said was not neutral territory. "If there had been no aggressive action from your territory, we could talk in Minsk ... other cities can be used as the venue for talks," Zelensky said. "We want peace, we want to meet, we want an end to the war," he added. "Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku we proposed all that to the Russian side. Any other city would work for us, too, in a country from whose territory rockets are not being fired." While an encouraging development, this won't be the first time that the two nations have exchanged proposals for a potential ceasefire, only to see the plans collapse. The news helped push the weekend IG spread market for the "weekend Dow" higher by about 150 points although it remains well in the red from Friday's close. Meanwhile, in the latest battlefield developments, overnight Russian forces on Sunday attacked Kharkiv, Ukraines second-biggest city. Much of Europe has closed its airspace to Russia, and offers of military assistance continue to flow in. Also overnight, Western nations agreed to exclude some Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system, used for trillions of dollars worth of transactions between banks around the world, further isolating Russias economy and financial system. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 3.
#1. To: Ada (#0)
Imagine that. Suddenly the Ukrainian government sues for peace. Wonder why? So that Fumbles Biden and Cackles can declare they won? Because we all know that is what is going to happen. That the democrat party will declare they won with Sanctions and nonsense to free Ukraine, when it was their own buffoonery that started the whole thing. Right after we decided to give them 6.4 Billion dollars in aid. Suddenly the Ukrainians are wanting peace. Something stinks here.
When the Ukrainians say "negotiate", it just means they want the Russians to stop advancing and give them time to regroup.
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