Russia ukraine war update: The paths are being searched to end it amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. In this sequence, big officials of Russia and America held a meeting on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) in Saudi Arabia. It discussed ways to end war in Ukraine. However, no representative from Ukraine was involved in this meeting.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attended the meeting. Ukraine President Volodimir Jailonsky said that when Ukraine did not participate in this meeting, then he will not accept the decisions taken in the meeting. At the same time, Europe’s colleagues also said that they too were sidelined.
Big things about meeting
1. This meeting lasted for about 4 hours in the middle of Saudi Arabia. Russia and America agreed to negotiate to move forward towards ending the war without Ukraine. Both sides have agreed to appoint high-level teams concerned to start work on the way to finish the struggle in Ukraine as soon as possible, which are permanent, durable and acceptable to all sides.
2. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US-Russian official has agreed to restore employees in the embassy. He also said that to end the war in Ukraine, the consent of all the parties will be necessary and Europe will be part of the conversation.
3. Russian Foreign Minister Lavarov said that the meeting of President Putin and Trump will be scheduled soon. The difficulties that obstruct the release-US relations will be abolished. The process-teams formed on the Ukrainian agreement will be agreed and after the US, Russia will name representatives.
4. During the meeting, Russia indicated to tighten its demands. Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow that not accepting Ukraine as NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) member is not ‘not enough’. He said that the alliance should move forward by retracting his promise. This promise was made at a summit in Bukharest in 2008 that Kiev would join the alliance on the outward date.
5. Jakharova said, “If this does not happen, this problem will continue to poison the European continent.” Ukrainian President Volodimir Jailonsky has constantly demanded NATO membership. He considers it the only way to guarantee the sovereignty of Kiev and its atomic-head neighbor.
6. Jailonski and other European leaders are worried that Trump can make a hasty compromise with Moscow, which will ignore their safety interests and leave Putin free to threaten Ukraine or other countries in the future. This meeting of US-Russia representatives is also a shock for European leaders who want to play a big role in the resolution of Ukraine crisis.
7. At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodimir Jailonsky has said that he will not recognize any agreement based on dialogues in which he is not included. The Russian Army has recently taken the city of Kukhov under its control and continues to move towards the North-East towards the city of Pokrovsk.
8. On the other hand, Ukraine is causing significant damage to the soldiers of Russia, which is slowing down the Moscow attack on the eastern front. The second largest city in Ukraine Kharkeev is beyond the Russian artillery boundary.
9. Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelancesi suggested a region exchange. His suggestion included the area occupied by Ukraine in recent months in Russia’s Kursk border region and the land occupied by Russia -backed fighters in Donnetsk and Lugansk since 2014.
10. Next week, three years of the military attack on Ukraine by Russia will be completed. It is currently located that Moscow remains occupied by a large part of the eastern Donbas region.
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