Zelenskyy confirms Ukraine will attend US peace talks in Saudi Arabia, 1 week after Oval Office clash

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that his squad volition conscionable with their American counterparts successful Saudi Arabia for bid talks. The connection comes conscionable 1 week aft Zelenskyy’s Oval Office clash with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, which ended with him leaving the White House up of schedule.

"Next Monday, I person a sojourn planned to Saudi Arabia for a gathering with the Crown Prince. After that, my squad volition enactment successful Saudi Arabia to enactment with our American partners," Zelenskyy wrote successful a station connected X. "Ukraine is astir funny successful peace."

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arsenic U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacts astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.  (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

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Zelenskyy included a connection to President Trump successful the post, vowing Ukraine "is moving and volition proceed to enactment constructively for a swift and reliable peace."

On Thursday, Ukrainian absorption leaders, erstwhile President Petro Poroshenko and erstwhile Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, confirmed that they had their ain talks with the U.S., the Guardian reported. However, they contradict being portion of an alleged White House program to region Zelenskyy from power. 

Prior to the Oval Office blowup, successful a station criticizing Zelenskyy, President Trump slammed the Ukrainian person for not holding elections. However, Poroshenko, who mislaid to Zelenskyy successful 2019, said helium was against wartime elections and believes they should beryllium done erstwhile martial instrumentality ends, according to the Guardian.

Russia appeared to respond to Zelenskyy’s statement to person his squad enactment successful the talks by launching an onslaught connected Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure.

A presumption shows the tract of an flat gathering deed by a Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful Kharkiv, Ukraine March 7, 2025.  (REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy)

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Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko confirmed the "massive rocket and drone" onslaught connected his Facebook page, according to the Associated Press. At slightest 10 people, including a child, were reportedly injured, the Associated Press reported, citing authorities.

"Ukraine is acceptable to prosecute the way to peace, and it is Ukraine that strives for bid from the precise archetypal 2nd of this war. The task is to unit Russia to halt the war," Zelenskyy wrote astir the onslaught successful a station connected X.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov reportedly said the onslaught connected Ukraine’s vigor proviso was morganatic due to the fact that it is "linked with Ukraine’s subject concern analyzable and weapons production," according to the Associated Press.

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s vigor infrastructure aggregate times during the bloody three-year war. In April 2024, Russia destroyed 1 of Ukraine's largest powerfulness plants, and successful December 2024, Russia pummeled Ukraine's powerfulness grid.

On Tuesday, portion delivering an code to a associated league of Congress, Trump spoke astir his tendency to extremity the warfare and announced that helium had received a missive from Zelenskyy. President Trump work the missive aloud and said that helium appreciated it.

"Earlier today, I received an important missive from President Zelenskyy of Ukraine," President Trump said. "The missive reads, ‘Ukraine is acceptable to travel to the negotiating array arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to bring lasting bid closer. Nobody wants bid much than the Ukrainians, helium said. My squad and I basal acceptable to enactment nether President Trump's beardown enactment to get a bid that lasts.’"

President Donald Trump gestures arsenic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks connected the time they conscionable astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025.  (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

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Zelenskyy’s accent connected bid seems to beryllium a effect to Trump’s accusation that the Ukrainian person had nary involvement successful it pursuing past week’s Oval Office clash.

"I person determined that President Zelenskyy is not acceptable for bid if America is involved, due to the fact that helium feels our engagement gives him a large vantage successful negotiations. I don’t privation advantage, I privation PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America successful its cherished Oval Office. He tin travel backmost erstwhile helium is acceptable for peace," Trump wrote connected Truth Social soon aft the heated meeting.