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Ukraine, Russia Agree to Talks Without Preconditions, Zelenskyy Says

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy donned military gear and fatigues in December of last year
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy donned military gear and fatigues in December of last year as the Russian forces were accumulating on the border. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP)

Sunday, 27 February 2022 11:31 AM EST

Ukrainian and Russian officials will meet for talks at a venue on the Belarusian border with Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office said Sunday.

The talks, the first since Russia unleashed a full scale invasion of Ukraine last week, would be held without preconditions and are the result of a phone call between Zelenskiy and the Belarusian president, Zelenskiy said.

"We agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River," he said in a statement.

Russia denied Sunday evening that talks with Ukraine had begun but said the two sides were arriving at the destination for negotiations, Interfax news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying.

The negotiations could possibly offer some room to try to de-escalate the crisis after Russia invaded Ukraine from several directions. Earlier, an adviser to Ukraine's Interior Ministry said the talks had already begun.

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Ukrainian and Russian officials will meet for talks at a venue on the Belarusian border with Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office said Sunday.
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Sunday, 27 February 2022 11:31 AM
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