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#ukraine #Russia #Politics - 'Ukrainians are not happy': Why is the U.S. rushing to the negotiating table with Russia? MSNBC

18 February 2025

U.S. and Russian officials met today in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. NBC News chief international correspondent Keir Simmons, NBC News international reporter Matt Bodner and Former State Department senior advisor Nayyera Haq join José Díaz-Balart to share their analysis of the meeting and Ukraine's reaction.

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18 February 2025

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#ukrainerussiawar #trump #putin - US-Russia talks is a 'business meeting to share the spoils of war' | Ukraine War: Sky News

18 February 2025

Samantha de Bendern, associate fellow at the Russia and Eurasia programme at Chatham House, tells Sky News that the meeting between US and Russian officials is essentially a "business meeting". She said President Trump is looking to see who will give him the best deal: Putin or Zelenskyy. US and Russian officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss how to end the war. However, neither Europe nor Ukraine were invited to the talks. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/us-officia...

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#news - Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 18, 2025: Democracy Now

18 February 2025

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#Ukraine - "A Victory for Putin"? Jeffrey Sachs & Matt Duss Debate U.S.-Russia Talks to End Ukraine War: Democracy Now

18 February 2025

Top diplomats from the United States and Russia met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine and improving relations between Washington and Moscow. The Riyadh summit represents a monumental shift in U.S. policy after the Biden administration led an international effort to isolate Russia over its invasion and gave tens of billions in military aid to Kyiv. Participants included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not invited to attend and has said he won't recognize a peace deal negotiated without his country. European leaders have also been sidelined. For more on these developments, we host a discussion between economist Jeffrey Sachs and foreign policy analyst Matt Duss. "This is a war that never should have happened," says Sachs, who faults "U.S. provocations" like the expansion of NATO for laying the groundwork for Russia's invasion in 2022. In holding these talks directly with Russia, "the Trump administration, for the first time, is telling the truth about the fundamental causes of this war," adds Sachs. Duss says that while the U.S. has played a major role in the conflict, "Vladimir Putin is the one who chose to invade Ukraine." He also emphasizes that Ukrainians themselves have agency and have been key players in events since the end of the Cold War, including their current defense against Russia. "It's not just a story of unending U.S. villainy." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.

Europe's collective military spending is larger than Russia's - but that doesn't tell the whole story. ITV News' Political Correspondent Shehab Khan explains the cost of defence


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#NATO - UK Defence Spending: How do Britain's and Europe's militaries stack up against Russia's? ITV News

18 February 2025

Europe's collective military spending is larger than Russia's - but that doesn't tell the whole story. ITV News' Political Correspondent Shehab Khan explains the cost of defence


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#Ukraine #Russia #Trump #Putin - 'If Ukraine is sacrificed there will be other European countries on Putin's hit list' | ITV News

18 February 2025

James Nixey, Director of Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, speaks to ITV News on the first day of Ukraine talks between Russia and the U.S.

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#investment #finance - Trump, Putin Teams Meet on Ukraine as Europe Sidelined; Musk Debuts xAI Model | Bloomberg The Pulse

18 February 2025

Top US and Russian officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, started meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned his country won’t recognize “any agreements about us without us.” The talks in Riyadh follow US President Donald Trump’s landmark phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin last week in which he reversed key US positions on the conflict.

Overnight, fifteen people were injured, three critically, after a Delta regional jet flipped out of control after landing in windy, freezing conditions in Toronto, skidding along the runway and coming to rest upside down after losing its tail and one of its wings. Today's guests: Hugh Gimber, JP Morgan; Gediminas Ziemelis, Avia Solutions Group Founder

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#usnewslive #russiaukrainewar #russia #russiaukraine | Russia Ukraine War | US Russia Peace Talks Begin In Riyadh | Marco Rubio | Sergey Lavrov |N18G

18 February 2025

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet in Riyadh to begin direct negotiations over Ukraine, the first such high-level U.S.-Russia meeting in almost three years. #usnewslive #russiaukrainewar #russia #russiaukraine #news18live

#Europe #Ukraine #USA #Russia - Pres. Zelensky Speaks for Ukraine Amid Exclusion From U.S.-Russia Peace Talks | Amanpour and Company

18 February 2025

Europe, Ukraine and much of the world are reeling after senior American officials sent a clear message at the Munich Security Conference:

European security is no longer an American priority. The United States' new direction is already in place as high-level Russian and American teams arrive in Saudi Arabia this week for bilateral talks on ending the war in Ukraine. Notably absent is Ukraine itself.

President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Saudi Arabia this week, but he is not part of the negotiation. Europe is also not invited. European leaders pulled together an emergency meeting in Paris, facing the possibility they may have to implement a Ukraine peace deal despite having no say in it.

Munich was ground zero for this weekend's world-changing events. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was keynote speaker at the security conference there, where. Christiane spoke with him about his plans to speak for Ukraine — even as the U.S. and Russia exclude him from the table. Originally aired on February 17, 2025

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