Zelensky to visit U.S. factory producing 155mm ammunition for Ukraine
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday will visit the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country's fight to fend off Russian ground forces.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Saudi state media reported, his latest visit to the Gulf kingdom which has sought to stay neutral in Ukraine's war with Russia.
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Zelensky landed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for the unannounced trip and was greeted by Saudi officials, including the national security adviser and ambassador to Kyiv, the official Saudi Press Agency said.
The Saudi foreign ministry posted pictures on X of Zelensky meeting Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, though details of their discussion were not immediately available.
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest crude exporter, works closely with Moscow on oil policy and has touted its ties to both Moscow and Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, positioning itself as a possible mediator in the war.
The Saudi foreign ministry posted pictures on X of Zelensky meeting Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, though details of their discussion were not immediately available.
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest crude exporter, works closely with Moscow on oil policy and has touted its ties to both Moscow and Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, positioning itself as a possible mediator in the war.
Zelensky has travelled the world in recent weeks to rally support and attendance for a peace summit scheduled to take place in Switzerland at the weekend.
He has visited traditional allies in the European Union as well as countries in the Middle East and Asia with closer relations with Russia.
Earlier this month, he visited Singapore, the Philippines and Qatar.
He has visited traditional allies in the European Union as well as countries in the Middle East and Asia with closer relations with Russia.
Earlier this month, he visited Singapore, the Philippines and Qatar.
Representatives from about 90 countries are expected to gather in Switzerland to discuss Kyiv's plan to end the war.
It will take place as Russia has made some gains on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, with Kyiv's forces struggling with a lack of troops and ammunition.
- Zelensky has convinced many officials to attend after in-person visits.
It will take place as Russia has made some gains on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine, with Kyiv's forces struggling with a lack of troops and ammunition.
'Multi-polar' diplomacy
Zelensky has called on Ukraine's allies to step up air defense deliveries for Kyiv.
As Zelensky arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Kyiv said a Russian strike on his hometown of Kryvyi Rig killed eight people and wounded two dozen more.
Zelensky then attended an Arab League summit in May 2023 in Jeddah where he accused some leaders of turning "a blind eye" to the horrors of Russia's invasion.
In August last year, Saudi Arabia hosted talks on the war that drew representatives of more than 40 countries, excluding Russia.
Saudi officials said at the time that the meeting, which included officials from China and Brazil, demonstrated the benefits of its "multi-polar" approach to foreign policy.
As Zelensky arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Kyiv said a Russian strike on his hometown of Kryvyi Rig killed eight people and wounded two dozen more.
- In September 2022, Riyadh played an unexpected role in brokering the release of foreign fighters detained in Ukraine, including two from the United States and five from Britain.
Zelensky then attended an Arab League summit in May 2023 in Jeddah where he accused some leaders of turning "a blind eye" to the horrors of Russia's invasion.
In August last year, Saudi Arabia hosted talks on the war that drew representatives of more than 40 countries, excluding Russia.
Saudi officials said at the time that the meeting, which included officials from China and Brazil, demonstrated the benefits of its "multi-polar" approach to foreign policy.
- Zelensky most recently visited Saudi Arabia in February, when he held talks Prince Mohammed to promote his peace plan and discuss a potential exchange of prisoners of war.
Russia says it will take no part in follow-up to 'peace summit'
(Reuters) - Russia will take no part in any follow-up to the Swiss-organized "peace summit" held in June as the process amounts to "fraud," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
Russia was not invited to the June meeting, attended by delegations from more than 90 countries, and dismissed its deliberations as meaningless without Moscow's participation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he hopes to organize a follow-up meeting by the end of the year with Russia attending.
Russia was not invited to the June meeting, attended by delegations from more than 90 countries, and dismissed its deliberations as meaningless without Moscow's participation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he hopes to organize a follow-up meeting by the end of the year with Russia attending.
"This process itself has nothing to do with a settlement," Zakharova wrote on the Telegram messaging app. "It is another manifestation of fraud by the Anglo-Saxons and their Ukrainian puppets."
She said Russia was ready to discuss "truly serious proposals" that take account of the "situation on the ground" - an oblique reference to Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions, though without fully occupying any of them.
Ukraine and its Western backers were "not thinking about peace," she said, citing Ukraine's incursion into southern Russia's Kursk region, launched last month, and to Zelenskiy's persistent appeals for long-range Western weaponry.
Ukraine and its Western backers were "not thinking about peace," she said, citing Ukraine's incursion into southern Russia's Kursk region, launched last month, and to Zelenskiy's persistent appeals for long-range Western weaponry.
On the eve of the June summit, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin set conditions for holding talks with Ukraine, including a demand that Kyiv abandon all four of the regions Moscow now claims as its own. Moscow has since said it can hold no talks while Ukrainian troops are in its Kursk region.
Zelenskiy has based Kyiv's position on a "peace formula" presented at the end of 2022, including withdrawal of all Russian troops, reaffirming Ukraine's post-Soviet borders and a mechanism to bring Moscow to account for the invasion.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksander Kozhukhar; Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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