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LIVE UPDATES: Over 40 Ukrainian Soldiers Voluntarily Laid Down Arms in DPR - Rights Envoy

20:30 GMT 25.02.2022 (Updated: 17:51 GMT 26.02.2022)

Earlier on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky suggested to Russian President Vladimir Putin that they sit down at the negotiation table. The Kremlin said Putin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk for talks with a Ukrainian delegation. Kiev later suggested holding talks in Warsaw, and then stopped responding, according to the Kremlin.

Russia announced a special military operation on 24 February with the goal of protection of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) from the Ukrainian forces, as well as demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine and bringing the puppet regime in Kiev to justice for the crimes it has committed. Moscow said the military operation does not pose a threat to civilians and only targets the military infrastructure.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, Russia does not need the territory of Ukraine and it does not intend to stay in Ukraine, will withdraw its troops after the special operation is complete.

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"This afternoon the Secretary-General spoke with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The Secretary-General conveyed to the President the determination of the United Nations to enhance humanitarian assistance to the people of Ukraine. He informed the President that the United Nations would launch on Tuesday an appeal to fund our humanitarian operations in Ukraine," the readout says.

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"We are talking about more than 40 people who took part in the hostilities in the south and were abandoned by their commanders in positions without communication and support. Including women and those wounded. While talking to them, I became convinced that their decision to surrender was voluntary," Morozova said in a statement.

Those wounded were provided with full medical assistance, she noted.

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