Ukraine to demand 'immediate' ceasefire at Monday talks

Ukranian servicemen prepare to carry the body of a comrade on a stretcher in the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on 13 March 2022.AFP

Ukraine said Monday it would demand an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops during a fourth round of negotiations to end more than two weeks of fighting after Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine.

"Peace, an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of all Russians troops -- and only after this can we talk about regional relations and about political differences," Kyiv's lead negotiator Mikhailo Podolyak said in a video statement posted to Twitter.