The Ukrainian and Russian delegations, which met near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, held the first round of talks to find points of contact for a ceasefire, stopping the fighting as soon as possible.

Russian delegations

• Composition of the Russian delegation:
• Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko;
• Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov;
• head of the International Committee of the State Duma Leonid Slutsky;
• Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin.

Ukrainian delegation:

• Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov;
• Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolay Tochitsky;
• Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President Mykhail Podolyak;
• head of the Servant of the People faction Davyd Arakhamia;
• Deputy Umerov;
• first deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation in the tripartite contact group Kostin.

The parties discussed in detail a number of key topics on which they have prospects of finding mutually acceptable solutions.

It was decided to immediately go to additional consultations in the capitals of the two States. After that, the second round of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian sides is to take place in the near future.