russia: Kyiv shelled, but ‘hard’ peace talks go ahead

Ukraine mentioned it had begun “laborious” talks on a ceasefire, fast withdrawal of troops and safety ensures with Russia on Monday, regardless of the deadly shelling of a residential constructing in Kyiv.

Each side instructed on the weekend some outcomes may very well be in sight after earlier rounds have primarily centered on ceasefires to get assist to cities and cities beneath siege by Russian forces and evacuate civilians; these truces have ceaselessly failed.

Firefighters tackled the stays of a blaze on the broken residence block within the capital, the place a shocked younger resident described the chaos of the earlier evening in a metropolis focused by the Russian advance however to this point largely spared bombardment.

Officers mentioned not less than one particular person died within the shelling and a second particular person was killed by falling particles after a missile strike on one other a part of the Ukrainian capital.

Russia denies focusing on civilians, saying it’s conducting a “particular operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” Ukraine. Ukraine and Western allies name this a baseless pretext for a conflict of alternative.

Russia’s defence ministry mentioned not less than 20 folks had been killed and 28 wounded when what it mentioned was a Ukrainian missile with a cluster cost exploded within the capital of the jap Donetsk area, with out offering proof.