The Ukrainian side has picked Gomel, a city in Belarus, as a venue for talks with Russia, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Sunday, TASS reports.
"The city of Gomel was suggested by the Ukrainian side itself as a venue for talks. As we said, the Russian delegation is ready for these talks," Peskov said.
Russia will not suspend the military operation in Ukraine during the talks with the Ukrainian side, Peskov said.
"For our part we have warned the Ukrainian side that this time the actions suggested by the military operation will not be suspended - as was done yesterday," he said.
Peskov said on Saturday that on Friday in the afternoon due to the talks with Kiev expected Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an order to stop the movement of the main Russian military forces in Ukraine, though as the other side abandoned dialogue on February 26 in the afternoon the movement resumed in accordance with the planned operation.
Earlier on Sunday Kremlin Spokesman said that the Russian delegation had arrived in Belarus for talks with the Ukrainian side as agreed. The delegation consists of representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry and other Russian departments, including President’s administration, headed by Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky.
