After the United States and Ukraine agreed to terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to travel to Washington, DC in the coming days, according to CNN. Negotiations have been ongoing for days over a deal that could grant the US access to U
The Trump administration wants Ukraine's resolution withdrawn and replaced with a toned-down version that officials feel is overly sympathetic to Russia, according to the Washington Post.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday, while speaking at FII Priority Summit in Miami, warned that "World War III is not far away" but claimed that his leadership would prevent it from happening.
The discussions between the two diplomats involved a wide range of topics, including relations with the US and the Ukrainian conflict, the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Leavitt said that the calls between Zelenskyy and Trump were "very positive" and expressed the US government's commitment to a "peace deal" and ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Kiselev dismissed the idea of mediation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling the latter an "illegitimate president who does not call the shots."
The United States on Monday (local time) refrained from commenting on its alleged decision to allow Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia using long-range missiles, stating that they "don't have any policy updates to speak"
Russia is open to contacts with the US under the Donald Trump administration, the ball is in the US court, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with journalist Marina Kim as reported in by its state media TASS.
While discussions over whether or not Ukrainian forces should be permitted to utilise weaponry provided by the West to launch attacks deeper into Russia go on, the Biden administration said it is getting ready to send a sizable aid package to Ukraine in the upcoming weeks.
"When it comes to the Ukraine war: If there's another country out there that is willing to be helpful in terms of trying to end the war in Ukraine, we welcome that," US National Security Communications Advisor, John Kirby said.