“President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed on Sunday to talks with Russia ‘with out preconditions,’ at the same time as President Vladimir Putin additional escalated tensions through striking his nuclear forces on alert,” the New York Occasions document.
Mentioned Zelensky: “We agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with the Russian delegation with out preconditions at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, close to the Pripyat River.”
“Main points of precisely when the assembly would happen or who would take part weren’t instantly transparent. Mr. Zelensky previous on Sunday had rejected preserving talks in Belarus — as Russia has been hard — as a result of Russia staged a part of its invasion from Belarus after collecting troops within the nation for months. However Mr. Zelensky’s stance shifted after he held a telephone name with Mr. Lukashenko, who’s Mr. Putin’s closest world best friend.”