China News Agency, Nur-Sultan, March 2. Comprehensive news: According to foreign media reports, the delegations of Ukraine and Russia will hold a new round of negotiations on the 2nd.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that he is willing to hold direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

　　According to the TASS news agency and the Russian news agency Today, citing sources, the meeting was originally agreed to take place on March 2.

The place of negotiation is on the border between Belarus and Poland.

At present, the delegations of the two sides have not disclosed the details of the negotiations.

According to the Russian media "ukraina.ru", members of the delegations of both sides will arrive at the meeting place in the next few hours.

　　Regarding the first round of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, Zelensky said on the 1st that the talks did not achieve the expected results.

　　According to Ukraine’s Independent News Agency, Podoljak, an adviser to the Ukrainian President’s Office, quoted Zelensky on social media as saying that Russia expressed its position and the conditions for ending the war, and Ukraine also got some signals from it.

The Uzbek side will evaluate these positions and conditions to hold consultations for the second round of negotiations.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said on the 1st that Ukraine believes that such negotiations are needed, but does not accept Russia's "ultimatum".

　　According to the Russian Satellite Network news, Zelensky said in an interview with the media on the 1st that he is willing to hold direct talks with Putin.

　　In response to the recent situation in Ukraine and Russia, RIA Novosti quoted Zelensky as saying on the 1st that all major cities in Ukraine have been blocked.

The Russian Ministry of Defense previously stated that the Russian military only targets Ukrainian military targets and troops, and Ukrainian civilians are not threatened.

　　On February 28, the Ukrainian and Russian delegations held the first negotiation since the Russian side launched a special military operation in Gomel, Belarus.

The head of the Russian delegation, Mekinsky, told the media after the meeting that the representatives of the two countries discussed all the issues on the agenda and found some issues that the two sides predicted could reach a consensus.

The two sides agreed to continue negotiations.

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