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(NewsNation) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio was successful Saudi Arabia connected Monday for bid talks aimed astatine ending the nearly three-year-long warfare successful Ukraine.
The talks travel arsenic European nations see stepping up to support Ukraine.
While the U.S. has stated Ukraine volition beryllium included successful the discussions this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his state had not been invited to the table, raising concerns astir the effectiveness of an statement without Ukraine's nonstop involvement.
Is Ukraine progressive successful bid talks?
Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff are acceptable to conscionable with Russian officials successful Riyadh connected Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters Monday. It is unclear whether immoderate Ukrainian representatives volition enactment successful the talks.
Witkoff, however, insists Ukraine has been included successful discussions, citing a caller gathering successful Munich and a telephone with President Donald Trump.
Zelenskyy emphasized immoderate woody made without Ukraine's input is unacceptable.
"I volition ne'er judge immoderate decisions betwixt the United States and Russia astir Ukraine. Never. And our people, never. And our adults, children and everybody, it can't beryllium so. The warfare successful Ukraine is against us, and it is our quality losses," Zelsenkyy said.
Trump to conscionable with Putin 'soon'
Witkoff spoke straight with Russian President Vladimir Putin for hours, and Trump teased a aboriginal gathering with Putin.
"Well, it'll beryllium soon. We'll spot what happens. But they're gathering close now. And that's more. I mean, this should person been done 4 years ago, 3 years ago, earlier it started. But it should person been done instantly aft it started, arsenic opposed to now, 3 years later," Trump told reporters connected Sunday.
During an NBC interview Sunday, Zelenskkyy compared the request to support Ukraine to that of helping Israel against Iran, saying Ukraine needs akin information guarantees from the U.S. and Europe.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he's "ready and willing" to deploy troops successful Ukraine to enforce a bid deal.
