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The conversations on the proposal of the United States for partial termination of fire in Ukraine will resume on Monday in Saudi Arabia, confirmed Ukrainian and Russian officials.
Speaking at a press conference in Oslo on Thursday, Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski said that the structure of the meetings scheduled for Monday would meet with US staff with Ukrainian experts and then had separate conversations with Russian representatives.
“There will be a meeting of Ukraine and America, and then some kind of shuttles, as our American colleagues, America with Russia said,” he told reporters after a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gah.
Yuri Ushakov, a senior assistant to President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy, confirmed that bilateral talks between Russian and US officials will be held on Monday in Riyadh, adding that they will focus on the safety of shipping in the Black Sea.
Russia will be represented by Gregory Karasin, a former diplomat who now chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, and Sergei Talk, Advisor to the Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when Putin and US President Donald Trump talk on the phone On Tuesday, they had discussed the “Black Sea initiative”.
Following the call, the White House issued a statement stating that the leaders agreed to technical negotiations on the implementation of maritime termination of fire in the Black Sea, complete cessation of fire and constant peace.
Limited cessation of fire
Following individual phone calls with US President Donald Trump this week, Ukrainian and Russian leaders agreed generally to pause in the attacks on energy infrastructure.
Zelenski said on Thursday that although he initially sought Broader termination of fireHe is committed to working with the United States to stop weapons from targeting energy and civic facilities.
The previous day, he signals that he intends to include not only energy goals, but also rail and port infrastructure in a list of facilities that he would like to see, included in the partial termination of the fire.
On Thursday, he said he would not discuss the potential US property on Russia's occupied Russia of Russia in Ukraine with Trump after US officials said Washington could take over.
The plant caught in the cross fire since Moscow took it after invading Ukraine in 2022 is a significant advantage that produces nearly a quarter of Ukraine's electricity during the year before the war.
Asked reports that Trump is considering recognizing the Crimea occupied by Russia as part of Russia, Zelenski said the US president did not raise the question with him during their call.
The Kremlin repeatedly says Crimea, where Russia based on the Black Sea Fleet, is officially part of Russia. The Black Sea Peninsula is internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory from most countries.
Peacekeeping
In London, Prime Minister Kayer Starmer hosted a meeting of Western military officials on Thursday to develop plans for international peacekeeping for Ukraine, as details are being developed for partial termination of fire.
Starmer and French President Emanuel Macron, co-leaders of the effort to form the so-called “Coalition of Desire,” said they were ready to unleash peacekeepers in Ukraine after every full reconciliation between Moscow and Kiev-Idea, which Russia rejected furiously.
Macron also said he would open a discussion about the expansion of France's nuclear umbrella across the European Union.
Russian Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Security Council, said on Thursday that such statements “reflect the anti -Russian sentiment that reign in Europe today.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has accused Europe of becoming a “military party”.
“For their bigger part, the alerts from Brussels and the European capitals are planning to plan to militarize Europe,” he said.
Moscow also turned to Berlin after the waiting chancellor Friedrich Merz offered a huge impetus to defense costs and said Moscow is waging a “war on aggression against Europe.”
Foreign ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said the comments are a reflection of “the desire of the German political elites for historical revenge.”
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While in Oslo, the Ukrainian leader addressed the EU leaders meeting in Brussels, who saw that all Hungary member states were signing a joint statement supporting Ukraine.
Speaking of Videolink, Zelenski said it was “just anti -European when a person blocks solutions that are important for the whole continent”, citing the repeated opposition of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban against EU support for Ukraine.
Zelenski also called on EU leaders to approve a package of at least 5 billion euros ($ 5.4 billion) for purchases of artillery for Ukraine and called for continuation of pressure on Russia.
