Ukraine-Russia warfare newest: US and Russia to subject joint assertion whereas Saudi peace talks proceed | EUROtoday

Moscow has accused the Ukrainian navy of intentionally focusing on a bunch of Russian journalists working in Russian-controlled japanese Ukraine.

Alexander Fedorchak, a warfare correspondent from Russia’s Izvestia media outlet, digicam operator Andrei Panov and driver Alexander Sirkeli who labored for the Zvezda tv channel, have been all killed in response to the Russian international ministry.

The studies haven’t been independently verified.

“The (artillery) fire was targeted. They were deliberately targeted to kill them. The Kyiv regime continues its atrocities against journalists and people who do not have weapons in their hands,” mentioned Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

As we reported, officers from Washington and Kyiv have been engaged in a second spherical of talks in Saudi Arabia this morning, after first assembly on Sunday night time.

These talks have now concluded, Ukrainian media studies.

Discussions seem to have lasted little over an hour, following the mammoth 12-hour talks between US and Russian delegations on Monday.

For the previous few weeks, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has been scrambling to rebuild ties with the White House after the notorious Oval Office conflict with Donald Trump.

But Mr Zelensky, it seems, made one mistake which may have altered all the course of the go to.

The wartime chief had introduced with him a present – the championship belt of Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk. Taking his seat subsequent to Mr Trump within the Oval Office, he positioned the belt on a facet desk.

He had initially deliberate to succeed in over and hand the belt to Mr Trump in entrance of the journalists, in response to an in-depth interview with Time.

Instead, the president picked up a folder containing ugly pictures of the victims of the warfare in Ukraine, a transfer which US officers say the assembly began going within the incorrect course.

“He has family, loved ones, children. He has to feel the things that every person feels,” Zelensky advised the journal. “What I wanted to show were my values. But then, well, the conversation went in another direction.”

No plans have been made for a dialog between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Mr Peskov mentioned that such a dialog could possibly be rapidly organised every time wanted.

The leaders spoke over the telephone one week in the past, when Putin declined the US president’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine – however agreed to a moratorium on attacking power infrastructure.

The contents of yesterday’s bilateral talks between Russia and the US is not going to be made public, the Kremlin has mentioned.

Moscow and Washington are analysing the end result of the discussions after reporting again to their respective governments, spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters.

“You see, we are talking about technical negotiations that go deep into details. Therefore, of course, the content of these negotiations will definitely not be published. This should not be expected,” Peskov mentioned.

“Secondly, I repeat once again, the reports back to the capitals are now being analysed. Only then will it be possible to talk about some understandings.”

It comes regardless of studies that the 2 international locations have been set to launch a joint assertion. Sources accustomed to the matter advised CBS News that the assertion was scheduled for 4am EDT (8am GMT) – however no assertion has but been launched.

A portrait of President Donald Trump, commissioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been gifted to the US chief, the Kremlin has confirmed.

Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed the present was given to Trump’s particular envoy, Steve Witkoff, throughout a gathering in Moscow earlier in March.

Peskov declined to supply additional particulars.

The existence of the portrait got here to mild in an interview between Witkoff and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

Witkoff advised Carlson that Trump was “clearly touched” by the “beautiful” portray.

Ukraine’s air pressure struck a cluster of Russian troops, wounding and killing round 30 troopers, Kyiv’s General Staff has claimed.

“The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully struck the area in Kondratovka in Kursk Oblast where enemy personnel were concentrated.

“The target was completely destroyed and up to 30 occupiers were killed or wounded,” the navy write on Telegram.

Ukrainian troops have misplaced management over massive swathes of land in Russia’s Kursk area in current weeks, following a serious counteroffensive by Putin’s forces.

Bloomberg News studies that officers from the US and Ukraine have opened a brand new spherical of talks in Saudi Arabia.

It follows a protracted spherical of talks between delegations from Moscow and Washington within the Ritz-Carlton lodge in Saudi Arabia on Monday.

Mark Almond, director of Oxford’s Crisis Research Institute, considers whether or not Russia needs peace quick – and whether or not Ukraine could possibly be deserted by Washington:

Behind a smokescreen of talks about “technical details” within the Saudi capital, secret dealings on the massive questions of the peace deal are seemingly in play. The query is: will Putin settle for Trump’s rush for peace – or does he assume drawn-out negotiations can higher serve the Kremlin’s purpose of completely weakening Ukraine?

If the Russian media are celebrating Witkoff’s reward for Putin’s “sincerity”, Ukrainian newspapers are pondering whether or not their nation goes to undergo the destiny of South Vietnam, deserted by Washington 50 years in the past.

America is the one superpower that survives – even prospers – regardless of its proxies falling like dominoes.