Guess who’s out and about begging for more money?!?! ITS ZELENSKY!!
This time in Saudi Arabia. No shame at all. pic.twitter.com/tUfJMWwd9a
— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) February 27, 2024
Zelensky meets Saudi crown prince to discuss peace deal and return of POWs
Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and met the kingdom’s powerful crown prince to push for a peace plan and the return of prisoners of war from Russia.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has sought to position himself as a potential mediator to end the war between Ukraine and Russia – even as Riyadh remains closely aligned with Russia on energy policies through the OPEC+ group of countries.
The day before, the prince hosted Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of Russia’s Duma, the lower house of its parliament, and a host of other Russian officials.
Mr Zelensky’s trip came as Kyiv’s forces were slowly being pushed back in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine continues to “rely on Saudi Arabia’s ongoing active support” in pushing forward with what has been described as a “peace formula” to end the full-scale invasion, which marked its second anniversary over the weekend, Mr Zelensky said in a message on X, formerly Twitter.
Mr Zelensky has presented a 10-point peace formula that, among other things, seeks the expulsion of all Russian forces from Ukraine and accountability for war crimes – at a time when the two sides are fighting from largely static positions along a roughly 930-mile front line.
Such ideas are rejected out of hand by Moscow.
“The second topic is the return of POWs and deportees,” Zelensky wrote. “The kingdom’s leadership has already contributed to the release of our people.
h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal
