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It comes as US envoy Keith Kellogg cancelled his press conference following a meeting with Mr Zelensky in Kyiv

Watch as speakers JD Vance, Steve Bannon, and Nigel Farage address the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor in Maryland on Thursday, 20 February.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shut out of the discussions concerning the future of his country, which took place in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 18, 2025. In fact, there were no Ukrainian representatives, nor any European Union ones – just U.S. and Russian delegations, and their Saudi hosts.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The US president’s latest spurious outpourings – not least his suggestions that Volodymyr Zelensky is a ‘dictator’ and that Kyiv is to blame for Russia’s invasion – have further perturbed European leaders. It now falls to Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to Washington next week…

US President Donald Trump called Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" Wednesday, widening a personal rift with major implications for efforts to end the conflict triggered by Russia's invasion three years ago.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow

Trump labeled Zelensky a "dictator without elections," echoing Kremlin rhetoric, as Putin announced the restoration of US-Russia diplomatic ties.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov hints at possible Putin-Trump talks to revive damaged bilateral relations, with cautious optimism and no definitive conc...

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