Negotiations

Russia’s president criticizes the West as the country faces a new massive wave of sanctions, while Ukraine's president asks to be admitted into the European Union.

Officials from Russia and Ukraine met in Gomel region, Belarus on Monday to talk about potentially ending the invasion of Russia into the Ukrainian-held territory.

Western news outlets and social media accounts spread the story of Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island defiantly telling off the Russian navy before being killed—the story is now confirmed "fake news."

Talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations will begin in the morning on Monday, a source told TASS on Sunday.

Russia and Ukraine expected to give comments to the media on the results of the negotiations, says Russian news agency.

"Russia did not launch a war, it is ending it," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova said.

According to Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky, the Ukrainian delegation was late due to complicated logistics.

Russia will not suspend the military operation in Ukraine during the talks with the Ukrainian side, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia and its allies from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics launched a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday aimed at "demilitarising and denazifying" the country in the face of a security crisis of a scale unseen in Europe in decades.

Ukrainian press secretary says consultations are underway about the place and time of the negotiations.