Peace Efforts Theme
Which pro-Ukrainian Westerner will be the first to suggest that they could ask Trump to give U.S. support to countries that want to send peacekeepers to Ukraine so that they can be sent to Ukraine immediately?
The United States and Ukraine will meet in Saudi Arabia next week. Representatives of the United States and Ukraine are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia next week to discuss the framework for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine as well as a first ceasefire, Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff said at a press conference on Thursday.
According to sources to Axios, the meeting will take place on Wednesday. In addition to Witkoff, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and the head of the Ukrainian presidential staff Andriy Yermak will participate in the meeting, Fox News reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms that he will travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday and that representatives of the country there will meet with American representatives during the week. According to the statement, the parties will hold talks about an end to the war, AP reports. See the feature on SVT News and the article on SVT News.
Putin: Russia will not retreat. During the course of the war, the Kremlin has not wanted to compromise on its goals in Ukraine. Putin has said that he is willing to negotiate with Donald Trump, but has so far not softened his stance on any of Russia's stated goals with the invasion. Watch the feature on SVT News.
BBC: 20 countries interested in deployment in Ukraine. About 20 countries, mainly European, have expressed interest in being part of the coalition of willing countries that Britain and France want to gather to carry out a peacekeeping operation in Ukraine in the future, sources tell the BBC. See the article on SVT Nyheter.