Ukraine agrees to talk with Russia on the border with Belarus

In return, Lukashenko promised that “all (Russian) planes, helicopters and missiles stationed on Belarusian territory remain on the ground during the trip, the talks and the return of the Ukrainian delegation,” Zelensky said on his Telegram channel.

This same Sunday, Russia sent a delegation to Belarus to negotiate a cessation of hostilities agreement with Ukraine. However, Zelensky himself had already remarked the night before his refusal to attend this type of meeting if they were held on Belarusian soil, a nation he accuses of actively participating in the Russian invasion.

Putin had accused Ukraine of “not seizing the opportunity” of the talks.

“The Russian delegation is in the Belarusian city of Gomel and is ready to negotiate with the representatives of Kiev; these, showing inconsistency, have not taken advantage of this opportunity so far,” she declared during a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

The announcement of a dialogue to end the fighting came after Putin reported that he was putting the “deterrence forces” of the Russian army on alert.

“I am ordering the defense minister and the chief of staff to put the Russian army’s deterrent forces on special combat alert,” he said in a televised meeting with his military chiefs.

Russia has the second largest nuclear weapons arsenal in the world. and a huge arsenal of ballistic missiles that form the backbone of the country’s deterrence forces.

“They see that Western countries are not only hostile to our country in the economic field, I mean the illegitimate sanctions,” he added, in a televised speech.

“Senior officials of the main countries of the NATO they also allow aggressive statements against Russia,” he said.