Senior officials from the United States and Ukraine are scheduled to meet in Saudi Arabia next Wednesday to discuss efforts to end the ongoing war with Russia. This meeting marks the first significant dialogue between the two nations following a public dispute between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office last week.
The scheduling of the meeting was finalized during a phone call between White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Zelensky’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak. President Zelensky mentioned in Brussels that both nations have resumed talks and anticipates a productive meeting.
Ukrainian officials remain open to signing the U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal that was put on hold last week.
The Hill reports:
The meeting signals a thawing of relations between the U.S. and Ukraine that ruptured abruptly following an explosive Oval Office confrontation between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We are now in discussion to coordinate a meeting with the Ukrainians in Riyadh or even potentially Jeddah,” Witkoff told reporters outside the White House.
“So the city is moving around a little bit, but it will be Saudi Arabia. And I think the idea is to get down a framework for a peace agreement and an initial ceasefire as well.”
The meeting comes on the heels of a previous similar U.S.-Russia meeting in Riyadh.
Zelensky has sought to repair relations with Trump following the Oval Office debacle, the fallout including Trump halting military assistance to Ukraine and cutting off intelligence sharing with the Ukrainians, harming Kyiv’s ability to hit high-value Russian targets.
The international community will be closely monitoring these discussions, hoping they lead to a sustainable resolution to the conflict.
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Honestly, Trump can go to hell. Better to stand alone than with allies like these, who help you and then exploit it. You fight for survival, and they barter aid for resources.
Russia remained in control of Crimea under Trump’s 1st term.
Russia’s Volunteer troops remained in Ukraine’s Donbass region under Trump’s 1st term.
Russia will get to keep that and more now under Trump’s 2nd term.
I see no change in Trump’s weak Ukraine/Russia policy.
Obama, his CIA and “She Witch” Ambassador Nuland instigated the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, that took place in Ukraine in February 2014 on the heels of Ukrainian protests with their corrupt President #1, Viktor Yanukovych’s sudden decision not to sign the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement, instead choosing closer ties to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union. He fled to Russia with the bulk of the looted Ukraine Treasury. That’s why Ukraine is broke.
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President #3, Zelensky had nothing to do with events BEFORE he was elected 21 April 2019. Zelensky got 73 percent of the vote to corrupt President #2, Poroshenko’s 25 percent. He is no dictator.
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Yes, The west hoped Ukraine could weaken Russia with not so indirect NATO help to the last drop of Ukrainian blood.
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Obama sent blankets and Trump sent lethal arms to make Russia tire and leave the Donbass and Crimea BEFORE Russia invaded.
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Instead Russia invaded 2 days after VP Harris said this!
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A social media account for Vice President Kamala Harris stated Tuesday in a now-deleted tweet that the United States is supporting Ukraine “in defense of the NATO alliance,” which Ukraine is not a part of.
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”When I was in Poland, I met with U.S. and Polish service members, thanking them for standing with our NATO allies for freedom, peace, and security,” a tweet from the @KamalaHarris account stated. “The United States stands firmly with the Ukrainian people in defense of the NATO alliance.”
Half of the minerals Trumps wants are in many southern and eastern Donbass regions that Russia controls with troops.
Trump and Putin want Ukrainians to work as Serfs in their own country mining minerals. Will they have a government, a military and be under fire?
How will that work?