Donald Trump has criticized Ukraine following President Volodymyr Zelensky’s expression of surprise at the absence of an invitation for his country to participate in discussions in Saudi Arabia aimed at resolving the conflict with Russia. Trump conveyed his “disappointment” regarding Ukraine’s response and suggested that Ukraine bore some responsibility for the war’s onset, asserting that the nation “could have made a deal” at an earlier stage. The conflict in Ukraine was ignited nearly three years ago by a comprehensive Russian invasion.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov engaged in discussions with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh, marking the first high-level, in-person dialogue between the two nations since the invasion. They reached an agreement to form teams tasked with initiating negotiations to conclude the war. Lavrov emphasized that Russia would not accept the deployment of peacekeeping forces from NATO countries in Ukraine as part of any peace agreement, a suggestion that was discussed during a meeting of European NATO members in Paris the previous day. European NATO allies, who continue to pledge support for Ukraine against Russia, have expressed frustration at being excluded from Trump’s unilateral peace initiative, which has shifted away from the strongly pro-Ukraine stance maintained by his predecessor, Joe Biden.
