Zelensky will not take part in Ukraine-US peace talks in Saudi Arabia
Volodymyr Zelensky will not attend high-level talks between Ukrainian and US negotiators next week, but reiterated that his country is "fully engaged" in the peace talks. The news was reported by the Telegraph .
The Ukrainian leader said he will travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks with the Arab kingdom's crown prince, but will not stay for talks with US government representatives aimed at ending the war.
“Ukraine has sought peace from the first second of this war. Realistic proposals are on the table,” he said in a statement posted on
The talks come as Ukraine faces a crisis in relations with its main ally, the United States, which this week suspended military aid and intelligence sharing.
Amid the uncertainty, Ukraine is reportedly coming under pressure to withdraw from a beachhead in Russia's Kursk region.
Russia said on Saturday that its troops had recaptured three Ukrainian-occupied villages on the Kursk border; the Moscow Defense Ministry announced the recapture of Viktorovka, Nikolayevka and Staraya Sorochina.
Ukraine still controls about 150 square miles in the Kursk region after launching a cross-border offensive last August, but Russian advances are increasing the risk of encirclement of the 10,000 Ukrainian troops fighting there.
“If Ukrainian forces are not able to quickly restore the situation, this could be the moment when the Kursk salient starts to finally close into an encircled pocket,” military analyst Pasi Paroinen told Reuters.
Fighting in the Kursk area
Zelensky Russian air assaults also took a heavy toll on civilians overnight, with a drone strike killing 21 people and wounding 40 in Dobropillia, in the eastern Donetsk region.
Separately, three people were killed and seven others wounded in a drone strike in the city of Bogodukhiv, the military head of the eastern Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegubov, said.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described the latest Russian attacks as "what happens when someone appeases the barbarians", saying this results in "more bombs, more aggression".
Putin "has no interest in peace," European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday, adding that "we must increase our military support."
Amid growing concerns that the United States is considering a radical overhaul of its military posture, a Swedish newspaper reported on Saturday that the United States has informed European allies that it will no longer take part in planning joint military exercises starting in 2026.
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