Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that his group will meet with their American counterparts in Saudi Arabia for peace talks. The assertion comes only one week after Zelenskyy’s Oval Workplace conflict with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, which ended with him leaving the White Home forward of schedule.
“Next Monday, I have a visit planned to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with the Crown Prince. After that, my team will stay in Saudi Arabia to work with our American partners,” Zelenskyy wrote in a put up on X. “Ukraine is most interested in peace.”
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
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Zelenskyy included a message to President Trump within the put up, vowing Ukraine “is working and will continue to work constructively for a swift and reliable peace.”
On Thursday, Ukrainian opposition leaders, former President Petro Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, confirmed that they’d their very own talks with the U.S., the Guardian reported. Nevertheless, they deny being a part of an alleged White Home plan to take away Zelenskyy from energy.
Previous to the Oval Workplace blowup, in a put up criticizing Zelenskyy, President Trump slammed the Ukrainian chief for not holding elections. Nevertheless, Poroshenko, who misplaced to Zelenskyy in 2019, mentioned he was in opposition to wartime elections and believes they need to be executed when martial regulation ends, based on the Guardian.
Russia appeared to reply to Zelenskyy’s settlement to have his group take part within the talks by launching an assault on Ukraine’s power infrastructure.
A view exhibits the positioning of an condominium constructing hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy)
Ukrainian Vitality Minister Herman Halushchenko confirmed the “massive missile and drone” assault on his Fb web page, based on the Related Press. Not less than 10 folks, together with a toddler, have been reportedly injured, the Related Press reported, citing authorities.
“Ukraine is ready to pursue the path to peace, and it is Ukraine that strives for peace from the very first second of this war. The task is to force Russia to stop the war,” Zelenskyy wrote in regards to the assault in a put up on X.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reportedly mentioned the assault on Ukraine’s power provide was reliable as a result of it’s “linked with Ukraine’s military industrial complex and weapons production,” based on the Related Press.
Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power infrastructure a number of occasions through the bloody three-year conflict. In April 2024, Russia destroyed certainly one of Ukraine’s largest energy vegetation, and in December 2024, Russia pummeled Ukraine’s energy grid.
On Tuesday, whereas delivering an tackle to a joint session of Congress, Trump spoke about his want to finish the conflict and introduced that he had obtained a letter from Zelenskyy. President Trump learn the letter aloud and mentioned that he appreciated it.
“Earlier as we speak, I obtained an vital letter from President Zelenskyy of Ukraine,” President Trump mentioned. “The letter reads, ‘Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians, he said. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.’”
President Donald Trump gestures as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to be like on the day they meet on the White Home in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
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Zelenskyy’s emphasis on peace appears to be a response to Trump’s accusation that the Ukrainian chief had no real interest in it following final week’s Oval Workplace conflict.
“I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for peace,” Trump wrote on Reality Social shortly after the heated assembly.
