Ukraine, Russia officials meet in Belarus for ceasefire talks as war rages on
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Talks began with the aim of an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces, the Ukrainian president's office has said.
Latest updates as of 8 a.m. ET.
– Talks to secure an immediate ceasefire are underway in Belarus with Ukraine and Russia officials.
– Russian forces continue to meet stiff Ukrainian resistance throughout the country as war enters fifth day.
– Western sanctions impact Russian economy as currency down near 30 per cent compared with the United States dollar on Monday morning.
Ukrainian and Russian officials began talks in Belarus on Monday to bring Moscow’s invasion of the eastern European nation to an end.
Though the talks are underway, war rages on between the two nations on the fifth day of the campaign, which began last Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale attack on Ukraine.
Talks began with the aim of an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces, the Ukrainian president’s office has said, after Russia’s advance has gone more slowly than expected.
Five days in, Russian forces have seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine, and the Zaporizhzhya area, which is home to a nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency said on Monday. Ukraine has denied the nuclear plant has fallen into Russian hands, according to the news agency.
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