Russia and Ukraine made some progress on opening up humanitarian corridors as they completed their third round of talks on Monday, after the previous rounds brought no respite in the dispute.
the latest round of negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv took place in Belarusian city of Brest.
A Ukrainian negotiator at the talks said some small progress has been made on to agree on logistics for evacuation of civilians, but no agreement has been reached that significantly improves the situation in son together.
The two parties will continue talks on a ceasefire, said negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak in a video statement.
Russian negotiators said they had no positive developments to report following the talks and warned not to expect next round bring a final result.
The Delegation head Vladimir Medinsky said the talks, focused on the opening of humanitarian corridors, had not met expectations.
“Our expectations from the negotiations have not been met,” Medinsky said. in television talk.
The talks “are not easy. It’s too early to talk about anything positive,” Medinsky said. “With a bit of chance next time we can take one more grand step forward.”
The negotiator was also cited by TASS news the agency saying that the fourth round of the talks would take place soon in Belarus.
