It was a big day for diplomacy, as delegations from the U.S. and Russia came face-to-face in Saudi Arabia and agreed to pursue normalization of ties AND an end to the war in Ukraine, after three years of escalations that had Washington on the brink of World War 3 against Moscow.
While Zelensky wasn’t invited, and has been making it known that he is NOT happy, Kiev escalated tensions of its own by targeting U.S.-linked energy infrastructure in southern Russia in a drone attack on Russia’s Krasnodar region.
Meanwhile, leaders from the EU and the UK were also whining about not being invited to the U.S.-Russia meeting, and they showed their frustration by getting together in Paris to complain about being left out in the cold on talks over the future of the war in Ukraine.
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18 Feb. 2025 - Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift
18 Feb. 2025 - Russia and US agree on Ukraine peace talks – Lavrov
18 Feb. 2025 - European leaders want a say in talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. The US is brushing them off
16 Feb. 2025 - PM 'ready' to put troops on ground in Ukraine to protect peace
18 Feb. 2025 - Trump backs need for elections in Ukraine
17 Feb. 2025 - Ukrainian drones attack US-linked energy infrastructure
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