Ukraine holds separate talks as the future of the United States, Russia, Europe – Country
Finally, the peaceful and lasting ending of the Ukrainian war was discussed, but not all parties were on the same table.
U.S. and Russian officials held their first talks Tuesday since the war began, with two bilateral talks in Saudi Arabia. The meeting was a few hours after European leaders convened in Paris to discuss their own security and Ukraine's security.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this is the representative of Kiev, and this is the representative of Kiev.
Canada will attend another round of European speeches on Wednesday.
Analysts say separate negotiations underscore the complexity of ending the deadliest European conflict since World War II. While the new Trump administration is focused on quickly obtaining peace deals, Ukraine's EU allies want to ensure that the United States does not incite Russia or leave a security vacuum on the African continent.
“What Americans don't want to do is have multiple stakeholders on the table, multiple drafting options, and this thing will always be there,” the Institute of Affairs and former defense official. “Of course, Europeans are now working to oppose this.
“So, these are two parallel orbits, and at some point they will intersect. The question is how.”
What are the United States and Russia discussing?
A meeting between Russian officials in Riyadh on Tuesday effectively ended the strategy of isolating Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in 2022.
The talks are expected to lead to a future meeting between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, although both sides say no date for the summit has been set.
During discussions on Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters after the meeting that the two sides also agreed to restore staffing in their respective embassies in Washington and Moscow and explore closer relations and economic cooperation.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, will be with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Adviser Mosaad Bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, US National Security Adviser Mike Mike Waltz, US Middle East Envoy Envoy Witkoff , US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said the U.S. position is that the war must end permanently and that any peace negotiations will involve “a discussion of the territory and will discuss security assurances.”
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Ukraine was “unlikely” to regain all Russian lands during the war last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
On Tuesday, he appeared to agree that Ukraine should also hold new elections.
“When (Ukraine says) they want to sit on the table, you can say people have to do it – the Ukrainian people don't say, you know, 'It's been a long time since we held the election?” Trump in Florida The state told reporters.
Russia also continues to insist that any commitment to future Ukrainian membership must be cancelled, responded by members of the Trump administration.
Rubio stressed that the conversation marked the beginning of the conversation and more work needed to be done. He added that this includes getting Ukrainian and European officials to attend future talks, he assured in a phone call with European leaders later on Tuesday.
What are European leaders discussing?
While the United States and Russia seem to be getting closer, there are differences among European leaders in the face of future peace deals.
Talks held in Paris between France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, NATO, NATO and the EU on Monday relating to an agreement to increase defense spending Ukraine supports any peace agreement.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was ready to consider joining others in sending British troops on the ground in Ukraine “if a lasting peace agreement is reached.” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she is willing to discuss force deployments.
But leaders in Germany, Poland and Italy delayed the idea, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the conversation “premature birth” and “highly inappropriate” before the peace agreement. French President Emmanuel Macron is a non-commander.
Trump said on Tuesday that his European peacekeeping force in Ukraine is “good”, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov saying Moscow would not accept it after the Riyadh meeting.
Starmer added that any European security guarantee requires our support, and U.S. officials say it is still possible.
Zelenskyy stressed on Tuesday that his administration must participate in peace talks.
“No one of us decides anything behind it,” Zelenskyy told reporters during a visit to Turkey. “No decision could be made without Ukraine's end of the war in Ukraine.”
Zelenskyy delayed his plan to travel to Saudi Arabia to avoid the legitimacy of the U.S.-Russian conference, according to the Associated Press and Reuters.
General Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, will hold talks with Zelenskyy in Kiev on Wednesday.
Government sources confirmed to global news that Canada had held a second round of security talks in Paris on Wednesday, with other European leaders not at the meeting on Monday.
Foreign Secretary Melanie Joly said Tuesday she hopes Canadians play a role in maintaining peace in Ukraine.
“We want to be part of these dialogues on security assurances,” she said at a virtual press conference in Brussels, and Canada is prompting the United States to include Ukraine in future negotiations.
Trump has long promised to quickly end the Ukrainian war after entering the White House in January.
The war will reach a three-year war next week, and despite slow but steady growth in Russian troops, the front lines in eastern Ukraine have effectively frozen for months. Both sides lost thousands of people in what Waltz called “meat grinder” on Tuesday.
Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that neither Kyiv nor Moscow won the battle.
“The Ukrainians have the will to stick to it…but it will be a war of loss and will eventually end, and eventually, Ukraine's exhaustion and route will be more western than today,” Rasiulis said.
He said the Trump administration is likely to see Easter as a potential deadline for a deal, and Putin aims to be a Victory Day holiday in Russia, May 9 – the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany, which has long been used for Russian propaganda.
But Rasiulis added that closer U.S.-Russian relations that both Ukraine and Europe need to be prepared may have a “negative impact” on Ukraine and Europe.
Meanwhile, the United States and Russia agreed to hold more talks. Lavrov said Washington and Moscow agreed to appoint representatives to conduct “regular consultations” in Ukraine.
“I have reason to believe that the U.S. side has begun to understand our position better,” the Russian minister said.
– Documents with the Associated Press and Reuters
