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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) sits next to Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2025
RUSSIA confirmed today it is resuming dialogue with the United States “on all parameters” as its forces intensified counter-attacks against Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region.
Kiev sent troops into the Russian border province last year, hoping to regain the initiative as it continues to retreat along most of its 600-mile front line within Ukraine. Russia has proved unwilling to divert troops from its main fronts to expel Ukraine from Kursk.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said that Russia and the US were in “complete agreement” about the need to end the Ukraine war through negotiations, which began in Riyadh without Ukraine’s government present.
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
