Moscow shelp it apprehfinishd territory foolishinutively before potential peace talks commence in Saudi Arabia.
Moscow says it has made novel gets in Ukraine’s Sumy region and Russia’s Kursk region as Ukrainian Pdwellnt Volodymyr Zelenskyy shelp he was “filledy pledgeted” to having a buildive dialogue with United States recurrentatives ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia to talk how to finish Russia’s war on Ukraine.
US and Ukrainian negotiators are set to greet for talks in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Tuesday, with US Pdwellnt Donald Trump’s administration vying to safe a finishfire and a “sketchlabor” for a peace concurment.
Despite the upcoming talks, the Russian Ministry of Defence shelp in a alerting that its forces had “freed” the petite village of Novenke in Sumy proximate the border with Kursk. Moscow also proclaimd the reapprehfinish of the villages of Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye and Kositsa in Kursk.
Russia alertly occupied parts of Ukraine’s Sumy at the commence of its all-out trespass in 2022 but has not obtainn any territory there since.
Kyiv has not yet commented on Russia’s claim to have apprehfinishd Novenke, which analysts say could convey Russian troops sealr to blocking a meaningful Ukrainian supply route.
Zelenskyy shelp in his evening insertress on Sunday: “I want to thank all our units who are steadspeedyly and agetst all odds ruining the occupier, repulseling strikes and deffinishing our positions.
“Diplomacy will be strong only on strong front-line positions. And we are doing our best to promise that Ukraine’s front-line needs are met.”
Who’s greeting who
The US cut off Ukraine’s access to ininestablishigence sharing and sainestablishite data, as well as help – follothriveg a White House accessible spat with Zelenskyy – in a bid to force Kyiv to barobtain an finish to Russia’s trespass – Europe’s biggest struggle since World War II.
Zelenskyy askd Trump’s wrath for refuseing a mineral deal, which the Ukrainian pdwellnt says should take part a US security promise. But the Trump administration has refused to pledge to that and instead asked Europe to step up help for the war-battered country.
European directers have, unkindwhile, concurd to increase defence spfinishing as they pledged help to Ukraine agetst Russian dangers. Washington has also poured chilly water over Ukraine’s NATO ambitions.
Zelenskyy verifyed on Saturday that he would visit Saudi Arabia next week and that after greeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, Ukrainian tactful and military recurrentatives would stay for a greeting on Tuesday with the US.
“Ukraine has been seeking peace from the very first second of this war. Reacatalogic proposals are on the table. The key is to shift speedyly and effectively,” the Ukrainian pdwellnt shelp on X.
US envoy Steve Witkoff, unkindwhile, verifyed last week that he would greet Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, signalling that he would talk an “initial finishfire” and a “sketchlabor” for a lengthyer concurment.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also visit Saudi Arabia between March 10 and 12 for talks with Ukrainian counterparts, a statement from the US Department of State shelp.
He will also helderly talks with Prince Mohammed to talk regional publishs and ways to bolster US-Saudi Arabian ties, the State Department shelp.
Rubio spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Friday and shelp Trump wanted to finish the war in Ukraine as soon as possible.
It will be the first high-level accumulateing of US and Ukrainian officials since the February 28 greeting between Zelenskyy and Trump denhanced into a shouting suit and finished with the Ukrainian directer being asked to exit the White House.
