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Russia-Ukraine Negotiations to Resume Monday After Partial Humanitarian Ceasefire Breached
by Allen Zhong

The third round of Russia–Ukraine negotiations will be held on Monday, one of the negotiators said.

Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia, who is also the parliamentary faction leader of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party, announced the development in a Facebook post.

The two sides have already finished two rounds of negotiations.

The first round ended up without any progress.

Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday in the second round of negotiations to set up humanitarian corridors for civilians to evacuate in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

However, the evacuation in Mariupol was halted because Russian forces allegedly breached the ceasefire.

The Mariupol City Council said Saturday in a statement on Telegram that the evacuation has been postponed and asked residents to seek refuge in bomb shelters.

“Due to the fact that the Russian side has not adhered to the ceasefire agreement and continues shelling Mariupol and its surroundings, for security reasons the evacuation of the population is postponed,” the council said.

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