Ukrainian side arrives in Belarus for meeting with Russians

Ukrainian delegation members have arrived in Belarus, where they will continue talks with the Russian side, The Guardian quoted the Russian state news agency TASS.

Belarus's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published photographs of a conference room, saying it was set up to host the negotiators of the two sides for a second round of talks.

Earlier, the Ukrainian side announced it was headed towards the meeting, which according to Vladimir Medinsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin's assistant, will be in Belarus, near the border with Poland.

Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to Chief of the Ukrainian President's Office Volodymyr Zelensky, has published a photo from the helicopter, announcing that they are headed towards the location of meeting with invaders.

“The road to negotiations with the Russian Federation. Already on helicopters”, Podoliak tweeted.

Also reported, a meeting between the two delegations was expected, but this did not happen.

The international news agency Reuters reported on Wednesday that the Russian delegation was headed towards the site where the second Ukrainian meeting was expected to be held.

Reuters had quoted Belarus news agency Belta for this. British medium The Guardian reported a possible meeting yesterday.

But on Wednesday afternoon, Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to Chief of the Ukrainian President's Office Voldymyr Zelensky, announced that the Ukrainian side has not been presented at the negotiating table with the Russian side.

The “is doubtful that without the presence of the other side (Ukrainian) at the negotiating table, negotiations can actually be held. So just wait for the real start of the” dialogue, he wrote on Twitter.

On Monday, Ukraine and Russia met for the first time since Putin's Russian forces began the conquest of the neighbouring country.Got it.