Russo-Ukrainian crisis

On their feet and with applause, MEPs welcomed the speech of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at an extraordinary sitting of the European Parliament today.

Negotiations, the outcome of which is expected by the whole world, have been going on for more than three hours.
A solution for Ukraine is possible only if Russia's interest is taken into account, Putin told Macron.
Putin presented Macron with the conditions for resolving the situation in Ukraine.
- Demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine started today in the Gomel region, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed.
The delegations were welcomed by Vladimir Makei, head of the administration of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
"You can feel completely safe. It is our sacred duty!" Makei said, Ukrainian paper Justice reports.

As a guest on the morning program of TV Prva, he said that every day of the fight in Ukraine means that support for his country is growing. "We have no other choice, because if we let them go, it will be a real genocide against all the inhabitants of Ukraine, 42 million of them," he added.

The UN Security Council has decided to convene a rare special emergency session of the UN General Assembly on Russia's attack on Ukraine. It will take place today.
The press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Anatoly Glaz, announced that the delegations of Russia and Ukraine are expected to arrive at the place of negotiations in Belarus.

"We have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said that Ukraine had agreed to hold talks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Moscow's offer to start peace negotiations in Belarus, instead, pointing at Istanbul, Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest or Baku for talks.

"Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul, Baku. We proposed all of them," Zelensky said on Feb. 27 in an address posted online.

A Russian delegation has arrived in Belarus for talks with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters, citing the Interfax news agency.

Peskov said the delegation included representatives of Russia's foreign and defense ministries, as well as representatives of President Vladimir Putin's administration.

Although international officials are calling for negotiations, the fighting does not stop, more and more people have died, and the Ukrainian subway has completely taken over the function of a shelter.

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv dawned in complete silence after a long and sleepless night. Intense fighting broke out and dozens of explosions erupted in the city in the dark hours of street clashes, including near government buildings.