Official: Ukraine delegation meeting day set

Ukraine's Deputy Interior Minister Evgeny Yenin said talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegation will be held Monday morning at local time, CNN reports.

Ukrainian President Wolfymyr Zelensky's office said that Belarus President Aleksandar Lukashenko called Ukrainian president on Sunday.

“They have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Balkan border, near the Pripyat” River, his office said.

Zelensky himself has announced that he has spoken on the phone with Belarus's president, Alexander Lucashencon, ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The resolution of the conversation with Alexander Lucas. We have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with Russian without pre-emptive conditions at the Ukraine-blarus border in the area of the Pripyat” River, Zelensky wrote on Facebook.

Ukrainian President Lukashenko said he has claimed responsibility that aircraft, helicopters and missiles deployed on Belarus territory will remain on the ground along the departure, negotiations and the return of the Ukrainian delegation to the country.

Russia had given Ukrainian officials until 1500 hours to decide whether to meet for talks in Belarus.

Zelensky said he would be willing to hold talks with Russia, but rejected the Russian side's proposal for a meeting to be held in Belarus.

Belarus is Russia's ally and has played a key role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops invaded Ukraine's border with Belarus with the support of the Belarusian government, according to Ukrainian officials.