The 4th round of talks between Ukraine and Russia is underway in online format.

Ukrainian presidential office adviser Mikhailo Podolyak expects that this round of talks with Russia will be tough.

“The fourth round of negotiations. On peace, ceasefire, immediate troop pullout and security guarantees. Tough discussion is due”, - he wrote on his Telegram channel.

The first round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations was held in the Gomel Region of neighboring Belarus on February 28. It lasted 5 hours. The second round followed in Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus on March 3. The delegates met for a third time in the Brest Region of Belarus on March 7. And on March 10 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba held a meeting on the sidelines of the diplomatic forum in Turkey’s Antalya.