The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who participated in the extraordinary EU summit, announced that he will be in Saudi Arabia on Monday to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, world agencies reported, quoted by dariknews.bg.
The conversation between the two leaders will be on the eve of a meeting scheduled in Saudi Arabia between an American and Ukrainian delegation.
„Next Monday I plan to visit Saudi Arabia to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. "After that, my team will remain in Saudi Arabia to work with our American partners," Zelensky said in "Ex". He added that Ukraine wants to achieve a quick and lasting peace to end the Russian invasion.
The White House's special envoy for the Middle East, Stephen Witkoff, told reporters that the planned talks between the US and Ukrainian delegations could be in Riyadh or Jeddah, with this issue still to be coordinated, DPA reported. According to media reports, Witkoff is expected to participate in the meeting. He himself said that he would be visiting four countries next week.
He also spoke positively about the letter that the Ukrainian president sent to Donald Trump, in which Zelensky stated that Ukraine was ready for peace talks. "There was an apology. "There was recognition that the US had done so much for Ukraine, there was gratitude," Witkoff said of the letter's contents. He added that the US president considers this letter a “first positive step“.
In February, US government representatives met with their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia to negotiate an end to Russia's war against Ukraine.
“Peace is ultimately the goal“, Witkoff reiterated, describing Trump as “a president who achieves peace through force“.
Trump himself said he would also visit Saudi Arabia, probably in the next month and a half, Reuters reported.
There is damage to the energy infrastructure and three private residential buildings are burning in the suburbs of Odessa as a result of the drone attack, the head of the Odessa regional military administration, Oleg Kiper, announced on the Telegram app, BTA reported.
Odessa and its neighbors have been in a state of emergency for more than an hour coastal cities were subjected to a massive attack by drones from the Black Sea. Sirens were activated from 9:17 p.m. to 10:28 p.m. All relevant services are working to eliminate the consequences. Information about the victims is being clarified.
The Bulgarians in the Odessa region number over 150,000 people and are the third largest according to the official census in Ukraine in 2001. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odessa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgradsky, Izmailsky and Belgorod-Dniester regions.