Donald Trump wants Russia and Ukraine to cease -the fires in Easter Sunday, after the resumption of peace talks yesterday.
The religious festival this year falls on the same date in the western and orthodox church calendars, which contributes to the meaning of the date.
That means that the US has a little less than a month to reach a truce before Sunday, April 20. The timetable was unveiled when the negotiations started again yesterday in the capital of Saudi Aarabia, Riyad.
It also followed a night of intense Russian bombing on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities.
The dead include a five -year -old and the wounded a baby of 11 months old.
Since peace talks started, Russia has been the intention to drag the trial away and was no different yesterday. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov predicted that negotiations would be 'difficult'.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov said yesterday that they 'worked together due to complex technical problems. Our delegation includes both energy experts and military representatives. '
The next phase is expected to center on safe passage for ships through the Black Sea.
Donald Trump wants Russia and Ukraine against Easter Sunday to match -the fires, after the resumption of peace talks yesterday yesterday
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov (photo) predicted that negotiations would be 'difficult'
It is expected that all negotiations about a cessation -the -furen are complex and difficult
In Riyad, American officials will meet separately in the coming days with Russian and Ukrainian representatives. Discussions are expected to include how they can follow a 30 -day reinforcement on strikes against energy sites that agreed last week.
It then came leading British political figures the end of the special relationship between the US and the UK statements.
Former Defense Minister Tobias Ellwood said that the UK could no longer rely on America for support against Putin. And Lib Dem Defense spokesperson Mike Martin said the British strategy to transfer the gap between the US and Europe was 'in cracks'.
They spoke after the peace family of President Trump Steve Witkoff said he liked Russian President Putin. Witkoff also rejected the bid guided by the UK to support Ukraine as 'an attitude and a pose'.
Ellwood said: 'Witkoff continues to promote the pro-Russian attitude of the White House. That tells Europe that we can no longer rely on our closest sample of security. 'Shadow Armed Forces Minister Mark Francois added:
“If a ceasefish -Fires is what the US really desire, they can be credible threats of more sanctions against Russia more effective than compliments.”
Discussions are expected to include how they can follow a 30 -day reinforcement on strikes against energy sites that agreed last week
Mr. Witkoff, a former real estate lawyer, had no diplomatic experience before he was chosen by Mr Trump as a special envoy to the middle -east in November 2024.
In the interview he could not remember the names of specific provinces in the east of Ukraine where the fights have been most intense and said: “I don't consider Putin as a bad guy. He is super slim.
'The biggest issue in that conflict are these so -called four regions, Donbas, Crimea. . . You know the names and there are two others. '
In another development, Sir Keir Starmer said that he came under the pressure of the White House to criticize Volodyymyr Zensky after the disastrous meeting of the Ukrainian president with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office last month.
However, he added that he has a good relationship with Mr Trump and understands “what he is trying to achieve.”
