Zelenskyy announces that the US and Ukraine have resumed work. When will the presidents meet?
6 March 2025 20:55
The Ukrainian and American teams resumed work. Journalists found out the date of the planned meeting.
This meeting was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reports "Komersant Ukrainian".
According to him, Kyiv hopes that it will take place next week and will be “meaningful.”
Meanwhile, Fox News journalist Jackie Heinrich claims that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and National Security Advisor Mike Volz will travel to Riyadh on Tuesday, March 11, to meet with Ukrainians, including the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak.
The day before, Volz had a phone conversation with Yermak about the upcoming peace talks.
“We are already talking about further confidence-building measures, which we will then pass on to the Russians and test this side. It will be a tough shuttle diplomacy, but both sides have to be involved. […] I think we are moving in a positive direction,” he said.
President Zelenskiy said Ukraine was ready to “work quickly” to end the war. To begin with, he proposed the release of prisoners, a ceasefire in the skies, and a ban on shelling of civilian infrastructure.
In addition, Zelenskyy noted that the meeting at the White House on February 28 “did not go as planned.” He offered to “do everything right.”
What happened during the February 28 meeting?
on February 28, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time at the White House. It was expected that Ukraine and the United States would sign an agreement on minerals.
However, at some point during the meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, a dispute arose over the Russian-Ukrainian war.
The Ukrainian president left the White House early, and the minerals agreement was not signed. Afterward, Trump wrote that Zelenskyy was “not ready for peace,” but added that he “may come back” when he changed his mind.
Later, Trump criticized Zelensky for saying that a ceasefire with Russia was still “a long way off.” According to him, this was the “worst statement” the Ukrainian president could have made.
After that, the United States suspended arms supplies and intelligence to Ukraine. Washington suggested that the resumption of aid could be considered if peace talks were organized.
Meanwhile, a summit of European leaders on the war in Ukraine convened by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer took place in London.
The head of the British government expressed his belief that US President Donald Trump’s desire to achieve peace in Ukraine is sincere, and therefore called for “not doubting it for a moment.”
Starmer also said that his country and France would work with Ukraine on a peace plan, which would then be presented to Washington.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that this plan envisages a limited “ceasefire in the air, on the seas and in energy infrastructure” for a month. However, British Deputy Secretary of State for the Armed Forces Luke Pollard said that London had not agreed to the proposal.
