{"id":1354944,"date":"2022-03-02T12:25:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1354944"},"modified":"2022-03-02T12:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:45:47","slug":"russia-claims-to-be-ready-for-second-round-of-peace-talks-warns-wwiii-would-involve-nuclear-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-claims-to-be-ready-for-second-round-of-peace-talks-warns-wwiii-would-involve-nuclear-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Claims to Be Ready for Second Round of Peace Talks \u2013 Warns WWIII Would Involve Nuclear Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-claims-to-be-ready-for-second-round-of-peace-talks-warns-wwiii-would-involve-nuclear-weapons%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1354944&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Russia said it was ready Wednesday for the second round of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/28\/ukraine-demands-immediate-cease-fire-as-talks-with-russia-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">peace talks with Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 while giving a chilling warning that a third world war would certainly involve nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The invading nation\u2019s \u201cdelegation will be in place to await Ukrainian negotiators,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said \u2014 as Russian forces <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/02\/russia-unleashes-more-deadly-airstrikes-captures-ukrainian-port-city-as-thousands-flee\/\">continued the devastating air and land assault<\/a> for the seventh day.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage showed yet another series of brutal bomb blasts Wednesday as Russian forces also claimed to have taken control of the area around Ukraine\u2019s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia.<\/p>\n<p>Already, more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed, the country\u2019s emergency service said \u2014 as the number of people fleeing could reach 1 million within hours, the UN refugee agency warned.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba later confirmed his nation\u2019s delegation would be at the peace talks Wednesday, even after President Volodymyr Zelensky had said Russia must \u201cfirst stop bombing people\u201d for the talks to continue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-feat-image-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-feat-image-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Russian dignitaries have signaled that they are open to resuming peace talks with Ukraine as the the invasion of the country loses steam.\" class=\"wp-image-21383931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-feat-image-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-feat-image-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-feat-image-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Russian dignitaries have signaled that they are open to resuming peace talks with Ukraine as the invasion of the country loses steam.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SERGEY BOBOK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNow it\u2019s official. The second round of talks between Ukraine and the occupier will take place today,\u201d a Ukrainian presidential aide also told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>But while the Kremlin put on a more diplomatic public face, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sent a clear warning to the world just days after his president, Vladimir Putin, put his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/27\/putin-puts-russias-nuclear-forces-on-high-alert-as-tensions-rise-with-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nuclear forces on high alert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov said Wednesday that if a third world war were to take place, it would involve nuclear weapons and be destructive, the RIA news agency reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-09.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-09.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that Russian negotiators are standing by and ready to reopen peace talks\" class=\"wp-image-21383699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-09.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-09.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-09.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian negotiators are standing by and ready to reopen peace talks. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sputnik\/Sergey Guneev\/Kremlin via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-13.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-13.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that there will be no peace talks until Russia stops attacking his people.\" class=\"wp-image-21383713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-13.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-13.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-13.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there will be no peace talks until Russia stops attacking his people.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">-\/UKRAINE PRESIDENCY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-07.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-07.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Kharkiv National University building, which city officials said was damaged by recent shelling.\" class=\"wp-image-21383717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-07.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-07.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-07.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Kharkiv National University building, which city officials said was damaged by recent shelling.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Oleksandr Lapshyn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lavrov has said Russia, which launched what it calls a special military operation against Ukraine last week, would face a \u201creal danger\u201d if Kyiv acquired nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov has previously claimed that Russia was trying to stop Ukraine from obtaining nukes, despite Zelensky\u2019s assurances that he had no intentions of doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov also said the Russian government would consider all countries that introduce sanctions on the country to be \u201cde facto unfriendly,\u201d according to CNN.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20220228_zaa_t113_024.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20220228_zaa_t113_024.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Vladimir Medinsky  has been chosen by the Kremlin to lead the negotiations.\" class=\"wp-image-21383704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20220228_zaa_t113_024.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20220228_zaa_t113_024.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20220228_zaa_t113_024.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/20220228_zaa_t113_024.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Vladimir Medinsky has been chosen by the Kremlin to lead the negotiations. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alexander Kryazhev\/TASS via ZUMA Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"The Kyiv TV tower is attacked by Russian munitions on March 1, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21383705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-10.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The Kyiv TV tower is attacked by Russian munitions on March 1, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Cb\/ROPI via ZUMA Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Sick children and women with their newborn babies stand at a basement used as a bomb shelter at the Okhmadet children&#039;s hospital on March 1, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21383709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-04.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sick children and women with their newborn babies in a basement used as a bomb shelter at the Okhmadet children\u2019s hospital on March 1, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Emilio Morenatti<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The warning appeared to be just the latest threat from the Kremlin for the West to stay out of the war \u2014 as well as an attempted justification for Russia\u2019s aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russian forces continued pressing into several major cities \u2014 including taking control of the area around Ukraine\u2019s largest nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday it had received a letter from Russia saying personnel at the Zaporizhzhia plant continued their \u201cwork on providing nuclear safety and monitoring radiation in normal mode of operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-14.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-14.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"According to the Kremlin,  all countries that introduce sanctions on the country to be \" de facto unfriendly \/><\/a><figcaption>According to the Kremlin, all countries that introduce sanctions on Russia are considered to be \u201cde facto unfriendly,\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-06.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-06.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"A woman reacts as as people fleeing Ukraine arrive to Slovakia through the border crossing on March 2, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21383724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-06.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-06.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-06.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A woman reacts as people fleeing Ukraine arrive in Slovakia through the border crossing on March 2, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/MARTIN DIVISEK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"A map show the Russian advance through Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-21383763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-03.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A map shows the Russian advance through Ukraine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The letter claimed that \u201cradiation levels remain normal,\u201d the UN watchdog said.<\/p>\n<p>Zaporizhzhia is the largest of Ukraine\u2019s nuclear sites, with six of the country\u2019s 15 reactors.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has already seized control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/25\/after-russia-takes-chernobyl-radiation-spikes-in-exclusion-zone\/\">decommissioned Chernobyl <\/a>nuclear power plant, the scene of the world\u2019s worst nuclear disaster in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the UN watchdog, Rafael Grossi, told a special meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency\u2019s board of governors Wednesday that he is \u201cgravely concerned\u201d by the situation.<\/p>\n<p>He said it\u2019s \u201cthe first time a military conflict is happening amid the facilities of a large, established nuclear power program.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Firefighters work to contain a fire in the complex of buildings housing the Kharkiv regional SBU security service and the regional police\" class=\"wp-image-21383732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-02.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Firefighters work to contain a fire in the complex of buildings housing the Kharkiv regional SBU security service and the regional police.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SERGEY BOBOK\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"A resident drives through yesterday&#039;s blast site after an attack targeted the TV tower as Russia&#039;s invasion of Ukraine continues.\" class=\"wp-image-21383740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-11.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A resident drives through yesterday\u2019s blast site after an attack targeted the TV tower as Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine continues.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Umit Bektas<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grossi noted that any action jeopardizing the safe operation of nuclear facilities or the safety of radioactive material \u201ccould have severe consequences, aggravating human suffering and causing environmental harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bombs also continued to rip through the heart of Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, Kharkiv \u2014 including the police headquarters \u2014 while a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/28\/satellite-images-show-russian-convoys-creeping-up-on-ukraine\/\">40-mile convoy of tanks and military vehicles <\/a>pressed ever closer to the capital, Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian officials were still tallying the feared death toll Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-08.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-08.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" alt=\"Local residents queue to receive food at the territory of a hospital.\" class=\"wp-image-21383757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-08.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-08.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-peace-talks-ready-08.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Local residents queue to receive food at a hospital.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Anna Chernenko<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia said it was ready Wednesday for the second round of\u00a0peace talks with Ukraine\u00a0\u2014 while giving a chilling warning that a third world war would certainly involve 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