Russian State Duma Speaker Says Ukrainian President Left Ukraine, Currently in Poland

Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has left Ukraine and is currently in Poland, the Sputnik news agency reported on Friday.

He wrote on his Telegram channel: "Zelensky left Ukraine. Deputies of parliament said they could not reach him in Lvov." He is now in Poland.

Reports that Zelensky left the Ukrainian capital earlier last week were refuted by the president and published several video messages in which he said he stayed in Kyiv.

According to new reports, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday there was "no talk" of Russia and Ukraine signing any official documents after Thursday's second round of talks between the two sides.

"The second round of negotiations took place yesterday," Peskov said in a conference call with reporters. "It is now up to these negotiations. It is an opportunity for delegations to convey all elements of the positions without unnecessary mediators to each other. Elements of our position have been brought to the attention of the Ukrainian side," CNN reported.

Peskov said: "There is no talk of (signing) any documents yet. The talks that took place were a good opportunity to clearly express our vision of this problem."