China News Agency, Nur-Sultan, March 15. Kyiv news: On the evening of the 14th local time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a presidential decree extending Ukraine's wartime state.
According to the Ukrainian Independent News Agency, the state of war in Ukraine was extended for 30 days from March 24, according to the presidential decree.
The relevant order has been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine for approval.
According to sources, the Uzbekistan Verkhovna Rada had previously voted on February 24 to pass a presidential decree on the implementation of a wartime state throughout Ukrainian territory.
In addition, Zelensky also said in the early morning of the 15th that Ukraine and Russia will continue to negotiate on the 15th.
The day before, the video negotiation between Ukraine and the Russian delegation was "technically suspended" until the 15th.
Before the talks began on the same day, Podoljak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president's office, issued a statement on social media, saying that Ukraine's negotiating position to ask Russia to cease fire and withdraw all troops from Ukraine remains unchanged.
Later, after the video negotiation, he said that the representatives of Ukraine and Russia clearly expressed their respective positions during the negotiation, and the two sides had "difficulty in communication", but "the negotiation will continue."
In addition, Podoljak revealed that Ukraine will change the composition of the negotiating delegation with Russia.
According to him, Ukrainian Justice Minister Malyuska will join the negotiation process on the 15th.
According to RIA Novosti news on the 15th, Arestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian President’s Office, said the day before that the two sides are expected to sign a peace agreement within one to two weeks at the earliest, and a peace agreement will be signed in May at the latest.
According to the source, Arestovich also said that for Ukraine, Russia's request for territory is unacceptable, and Ukraine is ready to continue negotiations on the remaining issues.
He also believes that the progress of the negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow is "very difficult" because "the political systems of the two countries are too different."
According to Ukrainian News Agency on the evening of the 14th, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Veresuk was quoted as saying that due to the violation of the agreement by the Russian army, some humanitarian corridors were not opened that day.
Veresuk also said that relevant parties are making preparations for the opening of the humanitarian corridor in the Chernihiv region.
On the same day, according to Tymoshenko, deputy director of the Uzbek Presidential Office, Uzbekistan has evacuated about 150,000 people from the conflict zone through humanitarian corridors.
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