Ukraine and US officials spoke in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to find a way towards ending the war with Russia, Kiev’s forces launched its biggest drone strike on Moscow.
President Wolodmeer Zillsky has hoped that the meeting in Jeddah will restore the “practical” US relations after a devastating conversation with US President Donald Trump last month, and he has advised early reconciliation with Russia in the sea.
The purpose of the proposal is to show that they are working towards Trump’s goal to end the war at the power pace, when the US president accused the Ukrainian leader of not ready for peace and proceed with direct dialogue with Russia.
“The meeting has begun in a very constructive manner,” Andrene Yarmak, the Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian delegation, wrote on the telegram.
Ukraine’s anxious European allies are looking for a sign of Kiev’s relations with Washington, or a sign of further deterioration, which has promoted US policy on the war and put pressure on Ukraine.
Specifically, the United States has withheld military aid and stopped intelligence sharing with Kiev, and British Prime Minister Kerr Star told Trump on Monday that he hoped that the steps could be reversed as a result of the dialogue.
“Dear Americans, dear Ukraine, don’t waste this opportunity. Today, the whole world is watching you in Jeddah. Good luck!” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X.
3 dead in Moscow drone attack
Russian officials said that Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow overnight, in which at least 91 drones were deployed, at least three people were killed, flames were set on fire, closed the airports and forced dozens of flights to divert.
According to Moscow, the strike – in which 337 drones fell on Russia, aimed to show Kiev, which aims to operate faster even after a stable series of Russian missiles and drone strikes. 14 people were killed on Saturday.
It has come when Zelnesky is demanding its European allies to support the wind and the maritime trus Idea that they say they will have the opportunity to examine Moscow’s consent to end the war.
When diplomacy begins, there is a lot of pressure in the positions of the Ukraine battlefield, especially in the Russian Krak region, where Moscow forces have pledged an emphasis on ousting Kiev’s troops, trying to keep a patch of land as a bargaining chip.
The confrontation with Trump with Zelaninski’s Oval Office left Washington Adrat to signed a bilateral mineral agreement in Lumbo and Kiev’s bid to get a security guarantee.
Trump has compiled the deal, which is to be discussed on Tuesday, as US military aid to US military aid has been the key to US military assistance and compensation since attacking US military aid three years ago.
Prior to the talks, Yarmak told reporters that security guarantees are key for Ukraine, but he suggested that he could only see it initially on Tuesday.
“The most important thing is how to start this process and we are very open,” he said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Monday that dialogue with Kiev would be necessary if Ukraine is willing to give concessions to reach peace.
“We have to understand the Ukrainian status and only the general idea is what they will be willing to give, because you will not end this war and end this war unless the two sides do privileges,” he said.
National Security Advisor Mike Walts is joining the US diplomat in talks. Zillski, who was in Saudi Arabia on Monday, is not joining the talks to meet Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Trump’s special envoy to Stevekov of the Middle East, who has been drafted in Ukraine Diplomacy, said he hoped the US Ukraine Minerals deal would be signed soon.
Vitcut plans to meet President Vladimir Putin to meet Moscow, a man told about the plans on Monday.
Seeding area?
Ukraine’s European allies argue that Kiev can only negotiate a peace deal with Russia and that it should not be brought to the bargaining table with the invaders.
Zlinski has said that Putin does not want peace and has warned that if Russia can attack other European countries if its attack on Ukraine is not clearly defeated.
On Monday, Rubio refused to explain the privileges, which would have to give concessions from all sides, but said that Kiev would have difficulty claiming again in his lost area.
Russia has a fifth of the Ukraine territory, including Crimea, which it connected in 2014, and its army is pressuring the Eastern Donetsk region.
US and Russian officials met in an extraordinary confrontation between former enemies of the Cold War in the Saudi capital in February. Former US President Joe Biden, under the predecessor of Trump, was widely focused on these debates on the restoration of relations after nearly the government’s contact.
