Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine must begin talks with the two breakaway regions in the country’s war-torn east to put an end to fierce fighting that has escalated in recent days.
Speaking following talks with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday, Putin said that Kiev needs to sit down with representatives from the self-declared Donbass republics to secure a permanent ceasefire.
“The guarantee that peace can be restored comes with the implementation of the Minsk agreements,” the Russian president said. “All Kiev needs to do is sit down at the negotiating table with representatives of the Donbass and agree on political, military, economic and humanitarian measures to end this conflict. The sooner this happens, the better.”
Just moments after Putin’s comments, leaders in the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk announced that they were instructing civilians to evacuate across the border with Russia, citing claims that Ukrainian government troops are set to launch an offensive.
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