President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on February 19 dismissed the claims about his approval ratings being at 4% as Russian disinformation and said attempts to replace him during the war against Russia would not work.The Ukrainian president said President Trump helped “Putin to come out of years of isolation,” adding that the U.S. leader lives in the “disinformation space.” Trump said on February 18 that he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and dismissed Ukraine’s concern about being left out of U.S.-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war. Trump also said Ukraine should hold elections. n18oc_world n18oc_crux

Qayoom was arrested by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) on June 25, 2024. He was found to be the main conspirator behind the murder of Babar Qadri, a young lawyer who was gunned down by terrorists on September 24, 2020, at his residence in Zahidpora, Hawal, Srinagar

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Ukraine would not be excluded from negotiations to end the war, but success would depend on raising the level of trust between Moscow and Washington.Putin, speaking a day after Russia and the United States held their first talks on how to end the three-year conflict, also said it would take time to set up a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, which both men have said they want, and there was no point in meeting just to drink tea.He praised the outcome of Tuesday’s meeting in Saudi Arabia, where Russia and the U.S. agreed to appoint negotiating teams on Ukraine and discussed ways to reset their bilateral relations, which the Kremlin described as “below zero” under Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden.”In my opinion, we have taken a first step to resume work in a variety of areas that are of mutual interest,” Putin said in televised comments. These included issues relating to the Middle East, global energy markets and cooperation in space, he said. n18oc_world n18oc_crux