Ukraine agrees to hold talks with Russia at Belarus border

A Ukrainian soldier smokes a cigarette near an armoured vehicle outside Kharkiv, Ukraine (Andrew Marienko/AP)

The office of Ukraine’s president has said that a delegation will meet with Russian officials as Moscow’s troops draw closer to Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office said on the Telegram messaging app that the two sides would meet at an unspecified location on the Belarusian border and did not give a precise time for the meeting.