Negotiations

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators held a third round of peace talks on Monday in the region of Brest, Belarus near the Polish border. The talks ran for almost three hours.

Ukraine's Defence Ministry said Denis Kireev, 45, was killed during a defense operation.

Russian and Ukrainian news sources confirm talk plans.

Churches in countries neighboring Ukraine have opened their doors to shelter and aid refugees as the United Nations refugee agency estimated Thursday that 1 million people have fled the Eastern European nation since the beginning of Russia's invasion last week. 

Peace talks came to an end between the warring Russia-Ukraine delegations with the only concession being in the area of humanitarian corridors, as the United States begins sharing real-time intelligence with Kiev.

Moscow and Kiev agree on mechanisms to establish routes to evacuate civilians from combat zones in Ukraine.

Ukraine has not achieved the other goals it sought, however, Kiev revealed

Negotiations will take place in Belovezhskaya Puscha in Belarus.

Read one report representing the Russian side, two reports representing the Ukrainian side.

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.