State Department
EPAThe Trump administration believes that Ukrainian leadership is “ready to move forward” at the US demand for a ceasefire process with Russia.
US Secretary of State Marco and Secretary of State Mike Waltz, a national security adviser, will arrive in Saudi Arabia to talk to Ukraine on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump has strengthened his pressure on Ukraine’s VolodyMyr Zelensky, and has accepted his request for a quick ceasefire with Moscow, but there was no immediate vow of US security guarantees.
Ten days ago, the White House was openly crashed, and Trump insisted that Zelen Ski was not ready to finish the fight.
Russian President Vladimir Putin began an invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Moscow is currently controlling about 20%of Ukrainian territory.
An official from the State Department said, “The fact that it is coming from the senior level showed us to sit down and is ready to move forward.”
Zelen Ski has a deadline to meet Prince Mohamed Bin Salman in the Gulf Kingdom, but the former is unlikely to play an official role in dialogue with Americans.
The Ukrainian team will be represented by Zelensky’s office, Andriy Yermak and foreign and defense ministers.
Zelensky said in a late Sunday video address, “We hope to bring peace closer and continue to support continuous support.”
Zelensky is under pressure to make concessions ahead of all peace talks, emphasizing that he has a firm security guarantee for KYIV, and Putin has violated his previous armistice.
On Friday, Trump announced a rare threat of further sanctions against Moscow while promoting a contract. Russia is already sanctioned by the United States as a war.
Trump said he was thinking about moving “Russia is now absolutely pounding Ukraine on the battlefield.”.
Immediately after the White House, Zelensky regretted the incident and tried to repair the relationship with the United States, the largest military supplier in the United States.
Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, later said that Trump later received a letter from Zelen Ski, including “apple” and “appreciation.”
Witkoff said in Saudi Arabia that the US team wants to discuss the “framework” for peace to end the Russian-Ukrainian war.
The main mineral transactions derailed by the line were reported to have returned to the agenda of Saudi Arabia.
Ukraine has proposed to grant access to the US for rare earth mineral reserves in return for the US security guarantee.
Ukraine MP OLEKSY GONCHARENK said Zelensky believes that he should secure an American-Ukrainian relationship “what our red lines are” at any cost “during a trip to Saudi Arabia.”
“Otherwise, if there is a deal other than this term, we will just refuse. That’s all. Because it’s our army fight,” he said to the TODAY program of the BBC Radio 4.
The White House’s conflict has allowed the United States to suspend all military aids in Ukraine and stop information sharing.
But on Sunday, Trump replied: when he asked if he would consider raising his intelligence pause. He no longer provided details.
February 18 -Washington’s Mi -Uk -in Row -Rubio has a conversation with Russian Foreign Minister in Saudi Arabia. It was a follow -up to a controversial telephone conversation with Trump’s Putin.
