[Link] Ukraine and Russia end second round of peace talks in regret, as reports dispute port city's fall

Read: 3/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

Ukraine says that a second round of ceasefire talks with Russia had not yielded the results Kyiv hoped for, but the sides had discussed humanitarian corridors and agreed to speak again. Both sides said they wanted a possible ceasefire for evacuating civilians through humanitarian corridors.

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[Link] Russian talkshows dismiss ‘fake’ reports of military losses

Read: 1/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

Russian state television talkshows are describing videos of missiles striking Ukrainian cities and reports of Russian soldiers killed in action as “fakes”, as the country’s media try to account for photos and video emerging from Ukraine that contradict official reports of the invasion.

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