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US President Donald Trump said on February 12 that his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place in Saudi Arabia as part of the efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“We meet in Saudi Arabia,” Trump told reporters in the White House, According to AFP. His statement came just a few hours after he revealed that the two leaders had spoken over the phone and agreed to immediately begin Peace calls When it comes to Ukraine.

Trump added that he did not think Ukraine joined NATO was practical and doubted that the country would regain its entire territory. His remarks came when US defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on February 12 to expect Ukraine to restore its borders in 2014 in all negotiations with Moscow was unrealistic.

The announcement marks a significant change in diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow. The decision to hold negotiations without Ukraine’s direct commitment has raised concern about Kiev’s role in shaping his own future.

The extent of Ukrainian participation in the talks is still unclear.

Trump says peace speaks to start “immediately.” But what conditions would be acceptable for Ukraine?

US President Donald Trump on February 12 held telephone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine will begin “immediately.” “I only talked to President Volodymyr Zelensky. The conversation went very well. He, …

Trump’s approach signals a renewed pressure for brokers a resolution to the ongoing war; However, neither the Kremlin nor the White House have provided further information about the time or the agenda for the meeting.

In a post about the truth social, Donald Trump said that both he and Vladimir Putin Agree that “we want to stop the millions of deaths that take place in the war with Russia/Ukraine.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Two leaders spoke for 90 minutesDuring which Putin expanded an invitation for Trump to visit Moscow.

Trump also announced that he had instructed a team, including State Secretary Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and national security adviser Michael Waltz, to lead the negotiations.

According to Trump, US Vice President JD Vance and Rubio will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr zelensky February 14 to start official peace negotiations.

“I only talked to President Volodymyr Zelensky. The conversation went very well. He, as President Putin, wants to make peace. We discussed a variety of topics that have to do with the war, but mostly the meeting created on Friday in Munich, there Deputy President JD Vance and State Secretary Marco Rubio will lead the delegation, ” Trump wrote on the truth social.

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Ukraine is facing a sensitive balance measure mobilize enough people to abolish the immediate threat that Russia’s full-scale invasion constitutes and preserves enough of the country’s youth to weather in the longer term demographic problems. On top of this, US legislators and NATO calls -allied Britain …