6 months ago
24
(NewsNation) — Officials from Ukraine and the United States person gathered successful Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to sermon diplomatic practice and a imaginable "limited ceasefire" successful the Russia-Ukraine war, according to officials.
It's the archetypal clip the allied diplomats are sitting down face-to-face aft an explosive Oval Office meeting betwixt Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Feb. 28 near a rare minerals woody unsigned and international tensions connected the rise.
Trump implicit the play was hopeful astir the "big meetings" successful Saudi Arabia, telling reporters connected Air Force One: "A batch of radical died this week, arsenic you know, successful Ukraine, not lone Ukrainians, but Russians. So I deliberation everybody wants to spot it get done. We're going to marque a batch of progress, I believe, this week."
Ukrainian officials told the Associated Press connected Monday that they volition suggest a ceasefire covering the Black Sea — which would bring safer shipping — arsenic good arsenic long-range rocket strikes that person deed civilians successful Ukraine and the merchandise of prisoners.
The Kremlin has not publically offered immoderate concessions. Russia has said it is acceptable to cease hostilities connected the information that Ukraine drops its bid to articulation NATO and recognizes regions that Moscow occupies arsenic Russian.
The 2 elder Ukrainian officials said Kyiv is besides acceptable to motion an statement with the U.S. connected entree to Ukraine’s uncommon world minerals — a woody that Trump is keen to secure.
Ukraine carries retired monolithic drone onslaught connected Russia
The gathering besides comes connected the heels of what appears to beryllium the largest-ever Ukrainian drone onslaught connected Russia.
Russian officials said overnight its aerial defenses changeable down 337 Ukrainian drones implicit 10 Russian regions, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 radical and injuring different 18.
Ukrainian officials person not yet commented connected the attack.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, nationalist information advisor Mike Waltz and different apical officials volition correspond the U.S. astatine the meetings successful Saudi Arabia.
Rubio has antecedently emphasized determination is no subject solution to the war, portion Waltz has joined a increasing chorus of Republicans who suggested Ukraine mightiness beryllium amended disconnected finding a caller leader altogether.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
