Ukraine Agreed To Talks With Russia As Putin Put Nuclear Defences On Alert

The four-day conflict has already killed dozens of civilians, forced hundreds of thousands to flee, massive explosions across the country, horrifying airstrike attacks, huge destroy in cities, world’s largest cargo aircraft Mriya destroyed in a Russian air attack on Hostomel airport near Kyiv.

On the other hand, Western nations have hard-hitting financial sanctions against Russia on several Russian business entities and individuals. The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs, and high-tech sectors. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his defence chiefs to put nuclear “deterrence forces” on alert in this crucial situation. The order raises the threat and tension to Ukraine and the whole world.

The most recent nuclear exercises took place on February 19, when Putin put on extensive military exercises across Russia to test its atomic programme and readiness. And it had successfully test-launched hypersonic and cruise missiles at sea and land-based targets.

According to a state media report, Ukraine has agreed to hold peace talks with Russia in Belarus. A delegation is heading to the Gomel region in Belarus for negotiations with Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s also confirmed that a Ukrainian board would meet the Russian one at Belarus, a Ukrainian border near the Pripyat River. His office said the talks would be held without preconditions.

UN nuclear watchdog to hold an emergency meeting.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that looks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy globally. The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday about Ukraine, IAEA said in a statement. Canada and Poland are board members of IAEA, approached to call a meeting at the request of Ukraine, which is not a board member of IAEA, said diplomats.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are trying to hold the Russians at bay on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv. Ukraine also claimed that Ukraine had “derailed” Moscow’s plan to overthrow him. Alongside ignoring warnings from the West, Putin orders Russian forces to continue moving towards the Ukrainian capital from all sides.