MOSCOW: Russian and Ukrainian negotiators failed to achieve significant results on Monday during their third round of peace talks in Belarus. "The discussions on political and military issues continued. However, it is still difficult. It is too early to discuss something positive "Following the talks, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who is also the head of the Russian delegation, stated.

Russian negotiators brought a large set of documents, including specific agreements, but the Ukrainian side was unable to sign them on the spot and took all of these documents back home for study, said Medinsky.

"To be honest, the talks did not live up to our expectations. However, we are hopeful that the next time we will be able to take a more significant step forward "Medinsky spoke after the nearly three-hour meeting at the Belovezhskaya Pushcha on the Belarus-Poland border.

Both sides discussed civilian evacuation, and the Ukrainian side assured Russia that the humanitarian corridors would be operational on Tuesday, he said. "There was some positive progress in terms of improving the logistics of humanitarian corridors," Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to Ukraine's President's Office, tweeted following the talks.

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