Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha during a joint press conference with Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Austria's Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, has announced the preparation of a team that will monitor the ceasefire with Russia.

Kyiv has begun examining how to monitor any ceasefire along the frontline of its war with Russia, which runs for over 1,300 km (800 miles), Ukraine's foreign minister said on Friday, as a survey suggested half its citizens oppose ceding land for quick peace.

Ukraine has begun assembling a team to develop monitoring mechanisms for a possible 30-day ceasefire, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on March 14. "We have already started forming a national team to develop appropriate processes to properly control a possible ceasefire.