Reside updates: Russia invades Ukraine

A ceasefire to the hostilities in Ukraine was by no means going to be agreed on Thursday throughout trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and Turkey, in accordance with Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov. 

Talking in a information convention in Antalya after the talks, Lavrov mentioned he had warned his Turkish and Ukrainian counterparts that Russia didn’t need to create a “parallel observe” to talks already happening alongside the Belarusian border. 

“It’s there that every one sensible points are mentioned, it’s there that it was defined in probably the most detailed approach what must be achieved to be able to finish this disaster. This consists of demilitarization and denazification and guaranteeing the impartial standing of Ukraine,” Lavrov mentioned, echoing rhetoric that Russian President Vladimir Putin has invoked to justify his invasion of Ukraine.

Over the last spherical of Belarus talks, Russia introduced Belarus with a draft authorized doc detailing “extraordinarily particular issues” with the Ukrainian facet assuring that they might give solutions, he mentioned.  

Russia desires to “have a critical dialog on the Belarusian website,” Lavrov mentioned, stressing the nation’s perception that the problem “needs to be resolved within the context of a complete settlement of the Ukrainian disaster.”

The international minister added that he “wasn’t stunned” that Ukrainian Overseas Minister Dmytro Kuleba mentioned it wasn’t attainable to achieve a ceasefire throughout Thursdays talks. 

“Nobody was going to agree on a ceasefire [at this meeting], these proposals and the sequence of steps outlined in these proposals are well-known to the Ukrainian facet,” the Russian international minister continued. 

The events “primarily talked about humanitarian points on the initiative of our Turkish buddies,” Lavrov added.