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Russian state media reporting comments from Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov. Says the prospective meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump "will take time to prepare", but that they could meet before the end of the month. Says "We will first need the reanimation of Russia-US relations, then the restoration."

  • Claims that the talks in Riyadh on 18 Feb were "an important step towards the settlement of the Ukraine crisis", but that the two sides "mainly discussed their own relations yesterday."
  • Speaking to reporters on 18 Feb, President Trump appeared to blame Ukraine for the outbreak of the war, saying [about Ukrainian leaders] “You should have never started it...You could have made a deal.”
  • The comments from Trump - upbraiding Ukraine for not ending the war sooner while failing to criticise Russia for its aggression, and demanding immediate elections - are likely to raise concerns both in Kyiv and European capitals that any deal eventually agreed upon between Russia and the US will not take into account Ukrainian or European views. This increases the risk that Ukraine will reject such a deal, which could result in the US withdrawing all support leaving Ukraine on the brink of defeat and Europe with an emboldened and belligerent neighbour on its eastern border. 
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Russian state media reporting comments from Kremlin spox Dmitry Peskov. Says the prospective meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump "will take time to prepare", but that they could meet before the end of the month. Says "We will first need the reanimation of Russia-US relations, then the restoration."

  • Claims that the talks in Riyadh on 18 Feb were "an important step towards the settlement of the Ukraine crisis", but that the two sides "mainly discussed their own relations yesterday."
  • Speaking to reporters on 18 Feb, President Trump appeared to blame Ukraine for the outbreak of the war, saying [about Ukrainian leaders] “You should have never started it...You could have made a deal.”
  • The comments from Trump - upbraiding Ukraine for not ending the war sooner while failing to criticise Russia for its aggression, and demanding immediate elections - are likely to raise concerns both in Kyiv and European capitals that any deal eventually agreed upon between Russia and the US will not take into account Ukrainian or European views. This increases the risk that Ukraine will reject such a deal, which could result in the US withdrawing all support leaving Ukraine on the brink of defeat and Europe with an emboldened and belligerent neighbour on its eastern border.