Ukraine says ceasefire negotiations with Russia restart

A senior Ukrainian negotiator says that talks between Moscow and Kyiv on ending nearly three weeks of fighting in Ukraine have restarted, with both sides having signaled progress.

“Negotiations are ongoing,” a member of the Ukrainian delegation and presidential aide, Mykhailo Podolyak, writes on Twitter, adding that his side would be pushing for a “ceasefire [and] withdrawal of troops from the territory of the country.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Moscow is pressing its demands for Ukraine to drop its bid to join NATO, take a neutral status and “demilitarize.”

The negotiations are being held via video link.

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