MOSCOW, March 17. /TASS/. A Financial Times publication about an alleged agreement between Russia and Ukraine is generally untrue but the parties continue their work, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
According to him, "the publication compiles much information about issues on the agenda, which was earlier made public, but it was compiled incorrectly." "It is essentially incorrect. There are some correct things but on the whole it's not true," the Kremlin spokesman noted. "Work (on an agreement - TASS) continues. We will inform you once there is progress," he added.
The first round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations was held on February 28 in the Gomel Region of Belarus. The second round took place in Belovezhskaya Pushcha on March 3, and the third round in the Brest Region of Belarus on March 7. On March 10, Lavrov met with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum in Antalya, Turkey. The next round of talks between Moscow and Kiev kicked off online on Monday. An announcement was made later that the parties had taken a break but the negotiations resumed on Tuesday.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation based on a request from the heads of the Donbass republics. The Russian leader stressed that Moscow had no plans to occupy Ukrainian territories and the goal was to demilitarize and denazify the country.