Wondered this the other day. Ukraine is a sovereign country that was attacked BY Russia. Ukraine did not start this war. A number of countries, including the US, have given weapons and aid to Ukraine to fight this war, so presumably the US was against what Russia was doing at one point. All of sudden, now that Dictator Trump is in power (you know, the man who believes he is above the law), he wants to be pals with Putin and there is a huge propaganda push in this country from right-wingers who do not respect democracy and are pushing the Putin union.
But it’s just bizarre that this is happening.
Top Russian and American officials will hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv
Also, why is this title “Without Kyiv”. Shouldn’t it be UKRAINE??? Kyiv is a city IN Ukraine and the way this is framed makes it seem like they’re countryless.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic and suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its territory back from Russia — two key items on Putin’s wish list.
Lavrov and then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked briefly on the sidelines of a G-20 meeting in India nearly two years ago. The two chatted for about 10 minutes, and there was no indication of any movement toward easing the intense tensions between their two nations at the time. In the fall of 2022, U.S. and Russian spymasters met in Turkey.
Tuesday’s talks will follow last week’s telephone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Putin in which Trump said they “agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately.” The call upended years of U.S. policy, ending the isolation of Moscow over its Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine. After the call, Trump phoned Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to inform him about their conversation.
Trump on Sunday told reporters that Zelenskyy “will be involved,” but did not elaborate. Zelenskyy said Monday his country had not been invited to the upcoming talks and won’t accept the outcome if Ukraine doesn’t take part. Ukraine’s participation in any peace talks had been a bedrock of U.S. policy under Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden.
Speaking to journalists on a conference call from the United Arab Emirates, Zelenskyy said the meeting would “yield no results,” given the absence of any Ukrainian officials.
