The attention in Europe remains focused on the war in Ukraine, the most deadly conflict on the continent since World War II.
Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky and other European leaders expressed vigilance and disappointment that they had been blocked from the Riyadh meeting. One of Kiev’s main concerns is that it will reach Russia to maintain a portion of 20% of Ukraine it occupied.
“Ukraine knew nothing about it,” Zelenskyy warned before the meeting.
Kiev “deems negotiations on Ukraine without Ukraine as consequential and we cannot recognize the agreement about us without us,” he said.
Zelenskyy said Tuesday that it would delay its scheduled trip on Wednesday.
“I’m not going to Saudi Arabia,” he said. “We contacted our Arabian partners. I have a good relationship with them. We contacted each other and agreed to be there on our official visit on March 10th.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredericksen warned that Russia could use the suspension to regenerate new attacks on Ukraine and target other European countries.
“Unfortunately, Russia is now threatening everything in Europe,” Fredericksen reflects many European views that are trying to control more countries, even if President Putin doesn’t take it completely. , which states that more countries are reflected.
Kherson, a port city in southern Ukraine, is subjected to heavy Russian artillery bombardment during the war.
