Russia and Ukraine agreed to create humanitarian corridors for civilians fleeing intensifying fighting as Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow’s advance was going to plan and schedule.
The adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says the agreement was the only tangible progress from the second round of talks between Moscow and Kyiv, and it was not immediately clear how they would work.
A Russian negotiator, nationalist lawmaker Leonid Slutsky, confirmed the initiative and said it would be implemented soon.
Putin earlier told French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow intends to continue the uncompromising fight against militants of nationalist armed groups.