NEWS.am digest: Ukraine-Russia talks in Belarus yield to results, blasts in Kharkiv intensified

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ZELENSKYY IN EU

ЕСТЬ ВИДЕО ВЗРЫВА В ХАРЬКОВЕ С ДНЕВНОГО БЛОКА

On the sixth day of military tensions in Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that all major cities of Ukraine are blocked.

The Ukrainian leader made his statement during a video address to the European Parliament. He called on the deputies to give the country guarantees that it would certainly end up in the European Union.

The situation remains unstable. A powerful explosion thundered on Freedom Square in Kharkiv. The footage captured by a surveillance camera shows that an explosion of unknown origin occurred near the building of the regional administration. There is no official information about what happened.

Eyewitnesses filmed the consequences of the explosion: windows were smashed in all the houses on the square, a crater formed on the roadway, and a burnt car was visible.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed an application for Ukraine's membership of the EU and addressed the European Parliament Tuesday.

He has asked the EU to allow Ukraine to gain membership immediately under a special procedure as ‘it defends itself from invasion by Russian forces.’

Slovak PM Eduard Heger said that Europe is now working in a new paradigm, where Ukraine should be offered a special path to integration and it is necessary to use new tools to help the country.

In turn, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, also said that Ukraine should become a full member of the European Union, while trust in Russian President Vladimir Putin has been completely lost.

However, the experts noted that the Ukrainian application to the EU was largely symbolic, while the process could take years.

TALKS IN BELARUS

Initial talks between Russia and Ukraine concluded without result on Monday evening.

Both delegations returned from the site of the talks in Belarus to their capitals for consultations. The sides agreed on the next round of peace talks which will be held in the coming days on the Polish-Belarusian border.

The Russian delegation said both sides have identified certain points from which they can predict general positions.

The talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Gomel lasted about five hours and the sides went over the entire agenda, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, said.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted to the talks and noted the absence of the result of talks with Russia that Kyiv needs.

According to Mihailo Podolyak, a member of the Ukrainian delegation, ‘Kyiv is seeking a cease-fire in Ukraine and an end to hostilities.’

As talks were underway President Vladimir Putin told the French president, Emmanuel Macron that the Kremlin wants its security demands taken into account “unconditionally,” including the recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea, resolving the tasks of demilitarization and denationalization of the Ukrainian state and ensuring its neutral status

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said that the positive outcome of the meeting is that the parties agreed to continue the dialogue.

However, Lukashenko today added that several anti-aircraft and missile divisions in Ukraine near the Belarusian border were preparing to strike at Russian troops stationed in Belarus.

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