Ukraine-Russia war latest: US to lead talks in Saudi Arabia as Trump warns Ukraine ‘may not survive’
Ukrainian and American officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia today to discuss how to bring an end to the war with Russia.
American officials will use the talks to decide whether Kyiv is interested in a “realistic” peace deal, one of them told Reuters, as well as repairing the damage to relations with the US after Donald Trump’s Oval Office clash with Volodymyr Zelensky.
The US will be represented by secretary of state Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz and Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff. The Ukrainian officials will be led by Andriy Yermak, Mr Zelensky’s chief of staff.
Mr Zelensky said in his nightly video address that he would travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday to “continue to work for the sake of peace”.
On the eve of the talks, Mr Trump suggested that Ukraine may not outlast the Russian war even with support from the US. “Well, it may not survive anyway,” he told Fox News as he defended withdrawing support to the war-hit nation.
