Russia on Feb. 18 ended years of political isolation sparked by its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as a delegation of Kremlin officials met with their U.S. counterparts in Saudi Arabia to discuss how to end the very war it started.
The talks ended with little in the way of concrete agreements, but the very fact it happened — without Ukraine — is a huge win for Moscow.
“Even if nothing comes of it, the fact that Russian and American senior officials sat down together behind closed doors and talked about this issue without the Ukrainians there — that’s huge,” Jenny Mathers, a Russian political expert and lecturer at the U.K.'s Aberystwyth University, told the Kyiv Independent.
“That’s absolutely huge, and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin must be very, very happy about all of that.”
Putin spoke with Trump, not America, not Ukraine. Only 8% of Americans trust this war criminal, Trump apparently being one of them.
Nothing but a circus.
