Trump's promise of a quick end to Ukraine war gets a reality check after talks end with no deal
United States, Russia and Ukraine continued talks in Saudi Arabia, as Putin continued to bomb Zelenskyy's people and Trump called the negotiations "great."
President Donald Trump’s promises of a hasty end to the war in Ukraine were given a hard reality check Tuesday, with Russian officials saying that the latest round of ceasefire talks with the United States ended without a written agreement and the Kremlin continuing to bomb Ukraine.
The media had been briefed to expect a statement following discussions in Saudi Arabia, but no such written conclusion was released. In an interview with Russian state television, the first deputy chairman of Russia’s defense committee, Vladimir Chizhov, blamed the position taken by Ukraine.
“They sat for 12 hours and seemed to have agreed on a joint statement,” Chizhov told Rossiya 24. “However this was not adopted due to Ukraine’s position,” he said, calling the holdup “very characteristic and symptomatic.”
The White House did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment on the conclusion of the talks.
While both sides have — in theory — agreed to a limited, 30-day ceasefire, Russian President Vladimir Putin has imposed conditions that would essentially constitute a Ukrainian surrender. Meanwhile, Kyiv says the Kremlin is clearly uninterested in peace given that it continues to launch nightly mass drone attacks against the country.
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