The Associated Press reports:
The office of Ukraine’s president has confirmed that a delegation will meet with Russian officials as Moscow’s troops draw closer to Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy office said on the Telegram messaging app that the two sides would meet at an unspecified location on the Belarusian border and did not give a precise time for the meeting.
The announcement on Sunday came hours after Russia announced that its delegation had flown to Belarus to await talks. Ukrainian officials initially rejected the move, saying any talks should take place elsewhere than Belarus, where Russia placed a large contingent of troops before it invaded Ukraine starting Thursday.
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BREAKING: Zelenskyy announces on Telegram a meeting between Ukrainian and Russian delegations on the Ukraine-Belarus border. Meeting without preconditions. pic.twitter.com/2fsDwuX1bC
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BREAKING: The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Ukrainian delegation will meet with Russian officials as Moscow’s troops draw closer to Kyiv. The office said they’d meet at an unspecified location on the Belarusian border. https://t.co/eq6rLdXDju
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