Russia Frees American Arrested On Drug Charges Ahead Of Key US Talks
Russian authorities released American Karob Byers, who faced drug smuggling charges late Sunday, the Associated Press reported on Monday. The 28-year-old Byers was on a trip with Russian fiancee, Naida Mambetva, on February 7 after allegedly discovered a cannabis covered marmalade in baggage at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. He was arrested. Authorities have moved Buyers to […]
US-Russia talks to end war in Ukraine begin Tuesday in Saudi Arabia
High-ranking US and Russian language officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to end the war in Ukraine as the Trump administration is about to negotiate the end of the conflict almost three years ago. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is in the Middle East on his first foreign trip, will lead […]
US, Russia officials to hold peace talks in Saudi Arabia ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
Russian officials will meet with the United States on restoring relations, negotiating a peaceful reconciliation with the war in Ukraine, and preparing a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. It will be held, the Kremlin said Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Putin's foreign affairs advisor […]
Putin sending foreign minister to Saudi Arabia for talks with Trump officials
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been sent to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with the US on Ukraine's potential peace deal, the Kremlin announced Monday. Officials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Putin's foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov will meet with his US counterparts on Tuesday. The group will discuss the restoration of diplomatic relations […]
UK offers peacekeeping troops to Ukraine ahead of Paris talks
British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer became the first European leader to say he is ready to put peacekeepers in Ukraine, and discussed Europe's role in the ceasefire ahead of the emergency leaders' meeting in Paris I promise to do so. Starmer's comments show that as Washington is working alone with Russia on the potential end […]
Rubio arrives in Saudi Arabia before Russia talks to end Ukraine war
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in Saudi Arabia on Monday ahead of expected consultations with Russian officials aimed at ending Moscow's nearly three years of war in Ukraine. The talks have repeatedly vowed to close during the presidential election after President Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone last […]
Mullin says to 'trust the process' in Trump’s Russia-Ukraine peace talks
Sen. Mark Wayne Marin (R-Okla.) says that in Trump's peace talks with Russian and Ukrainian leaders, people think that they need to “trust the process.” “People are dying every day right now. I know there is the best possible negotiator in the White House.” Marine said on Sunday On ABC News' “This Week.” “So, literally, […]
Trump addresses Ukraine-Russia peace talks, says Zelenskyy will be involved
President Donald Trump spoke about plans to end the Russo-Ukrainian War at a press conference on Sunday, saying that leaders of both countries believe they want to “stop the fight.” On Sunday afternoon, Trump said on the runway at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, that he is currently “trying to achieve […]
US Ukraine envoy pulls no punches with Europe on Ukraine, Russia peace talks
President Donald Trump's Ukrainian and Russian envoys suggested that they may not have a place at the European table during peace talks with Russia. Asked if Europeans were playing a role in talks between Russia and Ukraine, Trump envoy Keith Kellogg, who was a security conference in Germany over the weekend, said he “comes from […]
Putin’s a ‘little bit scared’ of Trump as nations begin peace talks, Zelenskyy says
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Donald Trump was “a little scary,” Ukrainian Voldimi Zelenkie said in an interview aired on Sunday. Zelenskyy joined NBC's “Meet the Press” and when he told Trump over the phone about a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, he said he believes Putin is afraid of American leaders. He […]