President Volodimir Zelenski declared that Ukraine is not participating in negotiations between Russia and the United States in Saudi Arabia and has no intention of recognizing its results.
“Ukraine is not involved. Ukraine knew nothing about it, ”Zelenski said at a press conference at the United Arab Emirates, where he met with the local president, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed al Nahyan, and signed an agreement that liberalizes access to the market of the market of the market of the market of the market of the market of the market Rico Arab country for almost all Ukrainian products.
“Ukraine considers that any negotiation over it, without its participation, makes no sense. We cannot recognize any agreement on us without us. And we will not recognize such agreements, ”Zelenski reiterated in statements that collects the agency Latin press
The Ukrainian president also clarified that his next visit to Saudi Arabia is not related to the meeting between Russia and the United States.
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KIEV asks for guarantees
In a telephone call this Monday with his French couple, Emmanuel Macron, the Ukrainian ruler said that kyiv needs “solid” security guarantees after the informal summit organized in Paris, attended by European leaders after the batacazo suffered at the security conference from Munich.
In this meeting, the American vice president JD Vance accused European leaders of undermining democratic values and freedom of expression for their attempts to regulate the incitement of hatred and misinformation in social networks, and for “being afraid of their voters” , in reference to the actions in several European countries to stop the access of the ultra -right to power.
For his part, in Paris the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasized that Ukraine cannot accept “a peace imposed” or what is presented to him regardless of the conditions, ”ensuring that kyiv can continue to have European support.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stressed the importance of the involvement of the United States to deter Moscow from future attacks, stating: “The important thing is that we ensure that Ukraine is in the strongest possible position.”
The Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, highlighted the urgency of strengthening cooperation with the United States for peace conversations and the end of the war in Ukraine, while admitting that Europe must have a greater role to guarantee security in the continent .
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said, on the other hand, that the summit of European leaders served to defend a peace that “respects independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity”, “with solid guarantees of security.”
At the moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov announced that Russian Foreign Minister Serguéi Lavrov, and the presidential advisor, Yuri Ushakov were heading to Riad to meet with US representatives and discuss the restoration of the entire set of bilateral relations.
Likewise, Peskov said, they will address the preparations for possible conversations about the Ukrainian arrangement and for a summit meeting between the leaders of both powers.
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News on the front
Meanwhile, in the Military Front, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that its Armed Forces released the town of Svérdlikovo, located in the Russian province of Kursk, bordering Ukraine.
The units of the North Troops group, during the offensive actions, released the town of Svérdlikovo and defeated formations of 17 Ukrainian brigades in the areas of 12 border towns of Kursk, as well as repel four counterattacks, said the statement of Moscow.
In parallel, the Government Office of the Popular Republic of Donetsk (RPD) reported 12 attacks armed by armed Ukraine formations in the last 24 hours, with a total of 25 projectiles launched.
In almost three years of war, initiated on February 24, 2022 with the Russian invasion, the total of casualties, between dead and injured on both sides, could exceed one million victims, according to diverse estimates of Western sources.
