The Ukrainian and Russian negotiators at talks in Belarus say the two sides have agreed provisions for a number of humanitarian issues, writes DW.

The understanding involves a temporary cease-fire to allow the evacuation of citizens and the delivery of aid to areas where fierce fighting has been taking place.

The Ukrainian negotiator said that the second round of cease-fire talks had not yielded the results Kyiv hoped for, but the sides had agreed to speak again.

“To our great regret, we did not get the results we were counting on”, - Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said.

He added cease-fires will only take place in designated humanitarian corridor areas.