Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks in Saudi Arabia, source says happymamay

Kiev has not been invited to talks between the United States and Russia, which aims to end the war in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian government source told the BBC.

The US special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kelog said that Kiev will participate in Monday talks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but the source said that there would be no delegation.

European leaders were also not asked to join the discussions, and they are scheduled to meet on Monday in Paris at a summit arranged by the French President in a hurry, as fears grow that the continent is closed from negotiations.

Separate meetings follow a turbulent week as Washington indicated a fundamental change in its war of war in Ukraine.

The Middle East envoy at the White House Steve Witkev confirmed that he was traveling to Saudi Arabia on Sunday evening for the first face -to -face talks between the United States and Russia towards ending the conflict.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz will meet less than a week after US President Donald Trump made a phone call to Russia leader Vladimir Putin. On Wednesday, the invitation put a three -year freeze in direct contact between Moscow and Washington.

Zelinski has repeatedly excluded the acceptance of a peace agreement that was negotiated without Ukraine, NBC TV on Sunday told us that “he will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia from Ukraine, never.”

Wittakov said that US officials were speaking separately with Ukrainian officials and that he was “part of the talks” – but he did not indicate whether he expected Kiev being present in Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Rubio reduced the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s talks, saying that one meeting will not resolve the war and that the official negotiation process – would mediate between Ukraine and Russia and third parties – has not yet been prepared.

However, CBS News told that the next few days will determine whether Putin is serious about achieving peace.

Against this background, a group of European leaders – including Kiir Starmer in the United Kingdom, NATO Secretary -General Mark Root, German Consultant Olaf Schools, and Arsola von der Layen of the European Commission – affiliated to the European Commission – will He meets in Paris.

A statement received by CBS News, the BBC, confirmed that French President Emmanuel Macron will hold an informal meeting in the afternoon on Ukraine and European security.

However, French Foreign Minister Jean -Noel Parot said that the summit should not be “exaggerated.”

Ukraine’s envoy Kelji earlier rejected concerns about Europe that was not invited to Saudi Arabia, on the pretext that previous negotiations have failed due to the involvement of many parties.

He said on Saturday: “It might be like chalk on the blackboard, as it may be a little, but I am really telling you something.”

The meetings determine an acceleration in Trump’s efforts to achieve a quick end of the war.

The White House said that the US President had held a “lengthy” phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, after which Trump said negotiations to stop the “ridiculous war” in Ukraine would start immediately.

He also said that it was not “practical” to join Ukraine to NATO and “unlikely” to return to its borders before the 2014 invasion.

Ukraine has repeatedly called for NATO membership and rejected the lands of assignment as part of any peace deal.

Trump’s position was also It was repeated by the Minister of Defense, Folding a European warning that the United States may make concessions to Russia before negotiating any peace deal.

Beit Higseth also said that European countries should provide the “overwhelming” share of Ukraine – claiming that the United States is no longer “tolerated an unbalanced relationship” with its allies.

On Friday, US Vice President JD Vance told the Munich Security Conference that Europe should “go up in a large way to provide its defense”, in his speech, which was largely spent Criticism of European democracies.

Call Zelensky on Saturday Creation of a European army, The continent can no longer rely on Washington.

Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine continued on Sunday – where Zelinski said that a Russian attack had left at least 100,000 people without strength in mykolaiv.

He said that the houses were without heating after a drone on the “critical infrastructure” of the city.

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, after seizing the Crimea and part of the East Dunten region in 2014.