Trump answered why Ukraine’s representatives were not invited to meeting in Saudi Arabia: They had three years to reach agreement
US President Donald Trump has said that Ukraine should have concluded a deal with Russia three years ago and reiterated that a full-scale invasion would not have taken place if he had been president.
According to Censor.NET, he said this at a press conference in Mar-a-Lago.
"I heard that we were not invited. Well, you were there for three years. You should have ended it three years ago. You shouldn't have started. You could have made a deal. I could have made a deal for Ukraine that would have given them almost all the land, everything, almost all the land. And no one would have died," Trump said.
He also said that ‘civilisation is dying’ in this conflict.
Meeting in Saudi Arabia
As a reminder, on February 12, 2025, Trump said that his meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin would likely take place in Saudi Arabia.
Trump also said that a meeting between representatives of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia would take place in Saudi Arabia next week.
On February 14, the Saudi Foreign Ministry announced that the Kingdom was ready to host a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
The meeting of the US and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia will take place on February 18, Axios reports. On February 17, Censor.NET reported that Lavrov and Ushakov were flying to Saudi Arabia for talks with US representatives.
