Prospects for talks hang in limbo as Russian troops close in on Kiev Talks to end the Russian military operation in Ukraine are delayed ag
Prospects for talks hang in limbo as Russian troops close in on Kiev Talks to end the Russian military operation in Ukraine are delayed again due to disagreements over the location of the potential summit. Moscow attacked the neighboring nation this week, arguing that it was defending the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which broke off from the eastern part of Ukraine shortly after the 2014 coup in Kiev. Ukraine said the move was an act of unprovoked aggression. Russian diplomats and military officials have arrived in Gomel, a city in Belarus close to both the Russian and Ukrainian borders, the Kremlin said on Sunday. “The Russian side is ready for talks in Gomel. We’re now waiting for the Ukrainians,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He claimed that Ukraine had suggested Gomel as the place for the summit.
