Third round of Russia-Ukraine talks on Monday
The second round of talks between the two countries had taken place on March 3, Ukrayinska Pravda reported. During the second round talks, the Ukrainian and Russian sides "reached an understanding" of jointly providing humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from the sites of the "fiercest fighting".
On March 5, the Ukraine Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, Irina Vereshchuk said that the Russian army was continuing to fire on evacuation routes from Mariupol and Volnovakha, and called on Russia to abide by the agreements.