"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky... said, 'No one in the world will forgive you for killing peaceful Ukrainian people.' He said that the border talks had been 'synchronized' with the 'brutal' attack on Kharkiv."

"After the two sides departed, Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation, said that they had found 'certain points where we forecast common ground' and that they expected to meet again in the coming days after consulting with their respective presidents.... Ukraine’s goal was an immediate cease-fire and Russian withdrawal. Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine accept the loss of the eastern Donbas region, which he recognized as two independent republics a week ago. Putin has also insisted that Ukraine end its quest to join NATO, remove all its weapons and recognize Crimea, annexed in 2014, as part of Russia."

From "Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s second city intensifies as talks fail to yield breakthrough" (WaPo).

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