The third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine has started in Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Bialowieza Forest)

"The third round of Russian-Ukrainian talks in Belarus has just started," the Russian embassy in Belarus said in its Telegram channel.

The composition of the Russian delegation has not changed: it is headed by Vladimir Medinsky, advisor to the Russian president. It also includes deputy heads of the Defence Ministry and Foreign Ministry Andrey Rudenko, Alexander Fomin, the head of the State Duma committee for international affairs, Leonid Slutskiy, and Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov

The Ukrainian side is represented by Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, advisor to the head of the presidential office Mykhailo Podoliyak, head of the faction of the ruling Servant of the People Davyd Arakhamia.