Ukraine-Russia war live updates: Top diplomats meet for talks; Kyiv ...

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsUkraine's foreign minister said he made clear his country will not "surrender" during a meeting in Turkey with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov Thursday.Dmytro Kuleba said Russia appeared to want "surrender from Ukraine, but this is not what they are going to get." He said that Ukraine remained open to seeking "diplomatic solutions" but could not "stop the war if the aggressor country does not want to do so."With the war entering its third week, the high-level meeting in southern Turkey came as Ukraine sought to evacuate more residents trapped in hard-hit areas and accuses Russia of war crimes for targeting civilians.Around 35,000 people were able to escape from Ukrainian cities and towns Wednesday via humanitarian corridors, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.But Ukrainian officials accused Russian forces of continuing to shell escape routes or block them, with residents of Mariupol facing what officials described as a catastrophic situation with access to water and electricity cut off for days in frigid temperatures.The attack on a children's hospital in the besieged southern port city left at least three people dead, including one child, local officials said Thursday.Officials in the United States have warned that Russia could try to justify its war by launching a chemical or biological weapons attack and blaming it on Ukraine.Follow our full coverage on the conflict here.Chantal Da SilvaUkraine's top diplomat has said his Russian counterpart "addressed the nuclear threat issue" in Ukraine as Russian forces continue to hold control of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants. But that sale now appears to be on hold, with the British government saying Thursday that Abramovich’s assets are frozen, he is banned from visiting the U.K. and he is barred from transactions with U.K. individuals and businesses.Also added to the U.K. sanctions list are industrialist Oleg Deripaska and Rosneft chief executive Igor Sechin.Mithil AggarwalMoscow stock exchange was closed Thursday for the tenth consecutive day with only limited exceptions allowed, The Bank of Russia announced in a statement.The Russian Ruble fell sharply after the bank allowed its trade on Wednesday, falling to almost half of its value against the U.S. Dollar since February 10, reported CNBC.The trading sessions in the foreign exchange and money market opened at 10.00 a.m. local time on Thursday (2 a.m. ET) Chantal Da SilvaTalks between Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have begun, a spokesperson for Ukraine's foreign ministry has said.The talks are taking place in Antalya, Turkey, with Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko tweeting a photo of the diplomats meeting at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.Kuleba has previously said he does not have "high hopes" for the meeting, but he said he would push for the "maximum" in bringing an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Talks between the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Turkey and the Russian Federation on ending Russian aggression against Ukraine have commenced in Antaliya.