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Reznikov on negotiations with Russian Federation at beginning of invasion: We doubted that we would return home During trips to Minsk for negotiations with the Russian Federation at the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian delegation was not sure that it would return home. 13 624 121 Previously in trend: War 
Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijarto arrived in Minsk: He will talk about peace in Ukraine The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Peter Szijarto, arrived in Minsk for a visit. 9 363 81 Previously in trend: War 
Kremlin: Putin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk for talks with Ukraine Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president, said Russia was ready to send a delegation to Minsk for talks with Ukraine. 48 192 257 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine War 
Kravchuk on relocating Donbas talks from Minsk: "Not yet raising the issue" Head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on Donbas Leonid Kravchuk says Ukraine is not raising the issue of relocating TCG meetings from Minsk to another place, and the venue itself is irrelevant for a videoconferencing format. 5 341 50 Ukrainian Politics 
Ukrainian ambassador returns to Minsk, but official contacts still ‘on pause’ Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus Ihor Kyzym has returned to Minsk after consultations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. 950 6 Ukrainian Politics 
Ukrainian journalists Vasylyev and Reutsky detained in Minsk already released. PHOTO Ukrainian journalists Kostiantyn Reutsky and Yevhen Vasylyev, detained during the protests in Minsk, have been already released. 7 706 12 Previously in trend: Elections in Belarus 
Minsk: People being released from detention centres, share terrible stories. VIDEO Protesters who were previously detained in Minsk are being released now. 40 722 249 Previously in trend: Elections in Belarus 
Sides to give TCG list of people slated for mutual release, and as soon as possible The participants in the latest meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) for Donbas in Minsk, which was also attended by head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and deputy chief of the Russian presidential administration Dmitry Kozak, reached agreements on issues concerning prisoner exchanges, the disengagement of forces and hardware, the simultaneous opening of checkpoints in Zolote and Shchastia, and the introduction of a Consultative Council. 10 199 67 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine 
Trilateral Contact Group to meet in Minsk on Jan 16 Ukraine's representative in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas, Leonid Kuchma, met with the OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative in Ukraine and in the TCG, Heidi Grau, to discuss the agenda of the first TCG meeting this year, scheduled for January 16. 659 4 Ukrainian Politics 
Three 'humanitarian' disengagement areas to be coordinated in Minsk by late March – Zelenskyi The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) will agree on three "humanitarian" areas for further disengagement of forces and hardware in Donbas by late March, as agreed at the Normandy-format summit in Paris, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said at a briefing for the Ukrainian media in the early hours of Tuesday. 2 179 20 Previously in trend: Normandy summit 
Trilateral Contact Group meeting begins in Minsk - Olifer A meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) on the peaceful settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine has begun in Minsk, Belarus. 1 635 5 Ukrainian Politics 
All obstacles to Normandy Four summit removed - Kuchma's spokesperson All obstacles to holding a Normandy Four summit in the near future have been removed at a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) in Minsk, according to Darka Olifer, spokesperson for Ukraine's representative in the TCG, former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. 2 061 21 Ukrainian Politics 
Poroshenko says his supporters won't stand for Steinmeier formula Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that the European Solidarity faction, which comprises his supporters, will not reconcile itself with Kyiv's approval of the Steinmeier formula as it legitimizes the loss of Donbas and Crimea by Ukraine. 19 709 271 Previously in trend: Steinmeier formula 
Medvedchuk removed from Donbas settlement process in Minsk Roman Bezsmertnyi, Ukraine's representative in the political working group of the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas settlement believes that the Minsk process was successfully modified. 12 981 108 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine 
Roman Bezsmertnyi returns as Ukraine's representative in Minsk talks group President Volodymyr Zelenskyi assigned the diplomat to act as the country's envoy in the political subgroup; he replaces Oleksandr Motsyk in this office. 10 893 66 Ukrainian Politics 
Trilateral Contact Group’s session takes place in Minsk It was announced that the shelling of ambulance by militants in Donbas will be discussed at the session. 1 143 14 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine 
Russia refuses to talk release of hostages and political prisoners, - Iryna Herashchenko Ukraine’s representative to the humanitarian subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group, First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Iryna Herashchenko said that Russia representatives refused to hold negotiations on the release of hostages. 1 995 19 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Prisoner swap 
Minsk-based Donbas negotiation arena needs to be relocated elsewhere, Ukraine’s Ambassador to UN Yelchenko says Ukraine's permanent representative to the UN, Volodymyr Yelchenko says the delegation of Belarus to the United Nations votes against any Ukraine’s initiatives and proposals on regular basis. 10 768 92 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine 
Four years passed since Minsk Protocol was signed, - US urges Russia to immediately cease combat operations in Ukraine’s Donbas region On the fourth anniversary of the Minsk Protocol signing, the Kyiv-based U.S. Embassy called on the Kremlin to immediately put an end to the war it wages in Ukraine’s east. 2 670 66 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine 
Donbas peace talks: parties agree to cease fire from Dec. 23, prisoner swap before New Year The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) resolving conflict in the Donbas concluded peaceful negotiations in Minsk. 7 683 47 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Tripartite contact group meeting took off in Minsk, - Olifer Working subgroups met during the previous session. 3 614 13 Ukrainian Politics 
Volker, Surkov to meet in Minsk next week, - Interfax-Ukraine Russian president's aide Vladislav Surkov might meet U.S. Envoy on Ukraine Kurt Volker in Minsk next week. 4 371 12 World 
Minsk negotiators failed to agree on prisoners release in Donbas, - Interfax source Members of the Trilateral contact group on the Donbas issues at the meeting in Minsk on July 5 failed to agree on the date for prisoners' release. 5 984 23 Ukrainian Politics 
Donbas on verge of environmental disaster over flooded mines, - Minister Chernysh Minister of temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons Vadym Chernysh believes the environmental issues of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions must be brought up for discussion at Minsk talks. 26 661 96 Incidents 
Ukrainian lawmakers travel to Moscow via Minsk, - MP Siumar. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) People's Front MP Victoriia Siumar has published a list of politicians who have traveled to Minsk and possibly further to Moscow over the past two years. 78 488 147 Ukrainian Politics 
"I told you I would meet even devil," - Savchenko on meeting with terrorist warlords Ukrainian lawmaker and former Russian prisoner Nadiia Savchenko admits she met in Minsk with terrorist leaders Zakharchenko and Plotnitsky and says the talks were effective. 163 624 809 Ukrainian Politics 
Faction member Savchenko does not agree her activities with Batkivshchyna, - the party comments on Savchenko's meeting with Donbas terrorists Batkivshchyna political party deems talks with terrorists and their leaders unacceptable. 42 188 405 Ukrainian Politics Ukraine ready to swap 228 militants for 42 Ukrainians, - Iryna Herashchenko on Minsk talks Verkhovna Rada First Vice Speaker, presidential envoy on the peaceful settlement of the situation in the Donbas Iryna Herashchenko has reported on the outcome of Minsk talks in terms of hostage release. 14 920 85 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas 
Russia disagrees on Ukraine's key priorities for Donbas roadmap, - Klimkin Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin claims the "lack of progress" in the logic of the Donbas roadmap. 38 848 133 Ukrainian Politics 
Normandy Four foreign ministers’ talks kick off in Minsk, - MP Herashchenko. PHOTOS The meeting of Foreign Ministers of the so-called Normandy Four – Ukraine, Germany, France, and Russia – started in Minsk. 10 856 23 Incidents 
Ukraine’s demands in Minsk talks: "DPR"/"LPR" elimination, control over Debaltseve Darka Olifer, the spokesperson for former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma involved in Minsk peace talks on the Donbas, released details of the next round of negotiations and Ukraine’s stance in the talks. 68 621 112 Ukrainian Politics 
