Russia accuses Ukraine of going silent on talks possibility
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A Ukrainian serviceman gestures aboard a tank en route to the front line with Russian forces in the Lugansk region of Ukraine.
PHOTO: AFP
MOSCOW (REUTERS) - The Kremlin said on Friday (Feb 25) it had offered to hold talks with Ukraine in the Belarusian capital Minsk after Ukraine said it was willing to discuss declaring itself a neutral country, but said Ukraine had instead proposed Warsaw as a venue.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Ukrainians had then taken what he described as a quite a long time-out and that there was now a "pause" in contacts.
During that pause, he said Ukrainian nationalists had deployed missile systems in residential areas in big cities.
He did not provide evidence to back the assertion, but said it was a very dangerous development.
There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authorities.
