The second round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine ended on the 3rd in belowege forest in Belarus. The two sides reached an understanding on the establishment of humanitarian channels and agreed to hold a third round of negotiations as soon as possible. The day's negotiations lasted about three hours. Before the start of the negotiations, potoliyak, an adviser to the office of the president of Ukraine, listed three key topics for the negotiations on social media, namely, an immediate ceasefire, the conclusion of a truce agreement and the establishment of humanitarian channels. After the negotiations, he wrote on social media for the first time: "Ukraine did not get the required results. It only reached a solution on the arrangement of humanitarian access." According to Ukrainian media reports, podoliyak also said that the two sides agreed to hold the third round of negotiations as soon as possible. According to Tass news agency, after the negotiations, the head of the Russian delegation and assistant to the president megansky said that the two sides discussed three topics in detail in the negotiations, involving military, international humanitarian and political conflict resolution. The main issue to be resolved in this round of negotiations concerns the safety of civilians in conflict areas. The two sides "reached an agreement on the establishment of humanitarian routes to evacuate civilians and a temporary ceasefire in relevant areas of humanitarian routes when evacuating civilians". Makinsky called this "substantial progress". Tass news agency also reported that slotsky, the Russian negotiator and chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament), said that the third round of negotiations with Ukraine would be carried out in the next few days. He also said that it is not ruled out that the Russian Ukrainian delegation needs to hold several more rounds of negotiations. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24 that he would launch a special military operation in the Donbas region. On the same day, Ukrainian President Zelensky announced that he would cut off diplomatic relations with Russia. The Russian and Ukrainian delegations held the first round of negotiations in Gomel state of Belarus on February 28. (Xinhua News Agency)