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Peskov Confirms Offer Of Minsk Talks w/Ukraine

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Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov confirms that Russia is willing to offer to send a 'high ranking delegation' to Minsk to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Comes after Zelensky earlier offered to discuss Ukraine's 'neutral status'.

  • Given the fluid nature of the situation it is unclear whether this is a genuine offer of peace talks from Moscow, or an effort to buy further time to allow Russian forces to get into position to launch an assault to try to take the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
  • Reports throughout the day have stated that Ukrainian forces are setting up defensive perimiters inside the city, with all able-bodied Ukrainian men instructed to take up arms against any Russian advance on the capital.
  • Separately, FT reporting that "The EU is preparing to freeze the assets of Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov under the sanctions package being pushed through on Friday, according to three people familiar with the matter"

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