Ukraine talks are resuming in Saudi Arabia after Trump’s envoy praised Putin’s envoy

The American and Ukrainian negotiators in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia met on Sunday in a second round of negotiations aimed at ending the Russian war in Ukraine, where Kiev’s confidence in Washington was tested again by the Trump administration.

Steve Whitchov, the US President’s Special Envoy for Russia, chanted Kremlin’s dialogue points a long time ago about Ukraine and said he “loves” the Russian president Vladimir Putin He considered him “Super Smart” after his interview in Moscow this month.

“I do not consider Putin a bad young man,” said Wittouf in Podcast with the right -wing media, Taker Karlson, was broadcast on Friday night. Witkoff falsely described the Russian -occupied lands in Ukraine as wanting to join Russia and rejected European security efforts after the war as “a position and placed.”

Wittakov said that Washington’s goal in peace talks is to secure “a 30 -day ceasefire, and during that time we are discussing a permanent ceasefire.” But Kiev has already accused Moscow of violating its pledge of stopping the attacks on the energy infrastructure.

The Kremlin did not immediately comment on the Witkoff interview, but the supporting voices of the government welcomed it.

Margarita Simonian, Editor -in -Chief of Russian propaganda broadcaster RT, wrote about a telegram that “the main message from Trump Ukraine’s policy” is to recognize Russia’s regional demands.

On Sunday’s discussions are described with Ukrainian officials, followed by the US talks on Monday, as “artistic” instead of a high level.

Speaking to CBS on Sunday, Mike Waltz, US National Security Adviser, described negotiations over the next two days as “proximity talks” that will focus on “a marine ceasefire so that both sides can move pills and fuel and start trade in the Black Sea.”

He said that the talks will then move to the “control line”, including the details of the mechanisms of peacekeeping and verification to freeze the confrontation lines. Future negotiations will focus on changing “permanent peace lands” and “what Ukrainians tend to talk about – as security guarantees.”

Ukrainian officials said they will focus on possible ceasefire methods – including how to monitor and apply them – as well as energy and marine issues.

Ukraine Minister of Defense Rosstam Omrov will lead his country’s delegation, which includes Pavlue Palisa, a presidential military advisor, foreign policy consultant, Air Chevkva, and many military officers, according to the Presidential Office.

The US official said that the American delegation will be led by Andrew Beck, from the National Security Council, and Michael Anton, head of policy planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On Sunday talks are following a meeting in Jeddah on March 11, after which Ukraine said it is ready to accept an American proposal for a 30 -day ceasefire.

In response, Washington said it would resume handing over weapons and ammunition to Kiev and ended its suspension to exchange the intelligence that was cut after Trump considered a dust with President Voludimir Zelinski at the White House last month-a step from Ukrainian officials who view him as vital to the continuation of the front operations.

The American proposal was announced in a joint statement several hours after the discussions. But this plan did not support Putin, who told Trump in a phone call on Tuesday that he was only ready to refrain from the amazing Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days.

Ukrainian officials say that Russia has not lived up to the level of the promise, as its air attacks continued daily since the leadership of the leaders. The attacks – Zelenskyy said on Sunday morning 1,100 unmanned aircraft, 1580 guided air bombs and 15 different missiles – targeted a civil infrastructure in cities throughout Ukraine.

Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital on Saturday night, killing at least three people and raising fires in several residential blocks.

On Friday, Odesa also targeted one of the largest Russian drone attacks for the war, as regional officials said that strikes had led to powerful power discounts.

Czech President Peter Paville, who was visiting Odessa and took a train to Kiev just 20 minutes before the drone attack, said the strikes confirmed the challenge of negotiating with Russia.

“One must be really satiated when declaring will to obtain peace negotiations or negotiations on the ceasefire, and at the same time to launch a massive attack on civil infrastructure,” he told reporters. “It is very difficult to deal with such a party.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Ukraine of trying to disrupt peace negotiations by hitting the oil depot in the Krasnodar area and the gas station in Soda, a town in the Russian Korsk region, which was recently restored by Russian forces. Kyiv blamed Moscow for a blacksmithing attack.

“These measures show an unwillingness to reach any agreement and the unwillingness to peace,” said Maria Zakharova, Maria Zakharova, on Saturday.

Moscow also depicts on Monday talks with the United States as a low -level technical meeting to discuss the safe passage of ships in the Black Sea.

Its delegation from Gregory Karasin, the job diplomat and head of the International Affairs Committee in the Alevi Parliament for Parliament, and Siri Besida, adviser to the President of the FSB.

Witkev was also detained by the efforts made by Sir Kerr Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to collect a “alliance of those who wish” to help defend any peace in Ukraine, saying that the idea was “a position and placed.”

Witkeov Karlson told Starmer and other European leaders who believed, “We all have to be like Winston Churchill.”

Starmer hosted last week military planners from more than 30 countries near London were hosted to hold talks about a multinational effort to defend any ceasefire. Britain and France lead any such power.

Downing Street refused to comment, but Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she had “did not explode” with Witkev statements.

“We need to make sure that if there is a ceasefire, it can be defended,” she told the BBC. “Of course the United States should be an important part of it.”

Additional reports by George Parker in London