On March 24, in Saudi Arabia, U.S. representatives will hold separate meetings with representatives of Russia and Ukraine. According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine expects the meeting with the United States to result in a ceasefire. It is known that the delegation will include Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
This was reported by Suspilne.
In Saudi Arabia on March 24, US representatives will first meet with Ukraine and then with Russia. These meetings will be held in parallel, with one topic per meeting. Today, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine expects this meeting to result in a complete ceasefire in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine has supported the US proposal for unconditional silence and an unconditional ceasefire from the very beginning. But Ukraine is not against discussing any format of unconditional ceasefire.
“The first step could be – and this is why the technical meeting was held – silence in the sky or the conditions that President Trump talked about – he told me what he and Putin talked about – about not hitting energy facilities and other long-range weapons with missiles and other civilian infrastructure. There is the issue of “other civilian infrastructure” – what is it and how many objects. Therefore, I think our side, the technical team, will be ready with a list of civilian objects, non-aggression objects, as we see it,” Zelenskyy said.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said that the United States had allegedly agreed with Russia on a ceasefire on energy and civilian infrastructure.
“Trump told me what they talked about with Putin. It was about not hitting energy facilities and other long-range weapons with missiles and other civilian infrastructure,” Zelenskyy said.