Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky is ready to move towards an agreement with the US to provide “effective security guarantees” from a meeting with one of Trump's envoys on Thursday. It has been announced that they are there.
Zelensky, 47, A statement has been posted Telegram, a messaging app, said the “detailed” debate includes the current state of almost three years of conflict with Russia and plans to return prisoners after it concluded its sit-in with special envoy Keith Kellogg. I did.
“We must make peace a reliable and lasting thing, so that Russia cannot return to war,” the Ukrainian leader said.
“We have provided the fastest and most constructive way to achieve results. Our team is ready to work 24/7.”
The talks reportedly sent the Trump administration “improved” draft for the economic agreement between the US and Ukraine for hundreds of millions of dollars of Kiev's rare earth minerals, officials told Axios He spoke.
Zelensky's rejection of the first mineral agreement, and the war of words with Trump after the subsequent president called him a “dictator,” appeared to halt negotiations between the nations.
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said on Thursday that the Ukrainian president was breeding Russian “disinformation” by urging President Trump, 78, questioning last year's decision to suspend Kiev's election. He warned that he had filed accusations.
“Because all governments went in his first term…and the US all went for Ukraine – that's exactly what it is, it's not acceptable,” Waltz said. I said this in the morning About “Fox & Friends.”
“They need to tone it down,” he added.
The reported offers included the United States, which has acquired 50% ownership of Ukraine's rare global deposit worth $500 billion.
Economic debate is related to peace negotiations, Waltz told reporters at a White House briefing, telling Fox News that the agreement is “their best security guarantee.” [Ukrainians] You can expect more than another palette of ammunition. ”
“Most of our weapons that went to Ukraine were literally part of the drawdown institutions that took them out of stocks, and eventually we started buying again to refill the stocks through our budget.” National Security Advisor explained. “We say there has been a delay in many of that process. Many of our stocks are getting more exhausted when we look at businesses all over the world.
“That's one of the reasons why so many people have so many concerns. When will this end, how long will it take? How many lives will it be lost? How much will it be for a member of Congress? Will they spend it?” he asked. “We repeatedly asked the Biden administration those questions, but there was no satisfactory answer.
“President Trump is focusing on stopping the fight and moving forward, as I want to make clear today, as we have revealed our Russian counterparts, and we are can debate all day long about what happened in the past.”
