Ukraine confirms second round of talks with Russia

(rt.com), 2 Mar, 2022 -  A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place on Wednesday evening in Belarus, the Office of the President of Ukraine has confirmed. Kiev, however, warned that it would not accept any ultimatums from Moscow.  

Earlier, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced that Moscow’s “delegation will be ready to continue the conversation this evening.”  

When asked if President Putin’s aide, Vladimir Medinsky, would still be heading the Russian negotiating team, Peskov replied in the affirmative.  

Peskov refused, however, to disclose the exact location in Belarus where the second round of talks would be held. Russian media outlet TASS has claimed that the upcoming negotiations could take place in Belovezh forest on Belarus-Poland border. The forest, a biosphere reserve, is where in December 1991 the then-leaders of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus signed an eponymous accord that dissolved the Soviet Union.