Russia says US relations 'on the brink of a breakup,' won't confirm Trump-Putin talk

Russian President Vladimir Putin's authorities suggested relations betwixt Washington, D.C., and Moscow are connected "the brink" of illness this week.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the announcement during a Monday property conference. Ryabkov reiterated Putin's stance that determination would beryllium nary bid successful Ukraine unless the state dropped its ambitions to articulation NATO and ceded Russian-occupied regions.

"We simply imperatively request to get ... the caller U.S. medication to recognize and admit that without resolving the problems that are the basal causes of the situation successful Ukraine, it volition not beryllium imaginable to scope an agreement," Ryabkov said.

While President Donald Trump said connected Sunday that helium has spoken to Putin, a spokesperson for the Russian person declined to corroborate the telephone this week.

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Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One connected Sunday that helium expects to person "many much conversations. We person to get that warfare ended."

"I hatred to spot each these young radical being killed. The soldiers are being killed by the hundreds of thousands," helium added.

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Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to conscionable with Vice President JD Vance astatine the Munich Security Conference aboriginal this week aft confirming connected Friday helium is acceptable to "do a deal" with President Donald Trump.

According to an interrogation with Reuters, Zelenskyy said helium was acceptable to proviso the U.S. with rare-earth minerals successful speech for Washington’s continued backing of its warfare effort.

"If we are talking astir a deal, past let's do a deal, we are lone for it," Zelenskyy said. 

The Ukrainian president has made wide helium is besides unfastened to engaging successful bid talks with Russia to extremity the three-year-long war, though imaginable presumption for securing a bid woody stay varied and unknown. 

Though Zelenskyy has said helium is looking for "guarantees" erstwhile it comes to aboriginal information assurances for the war-torn country.

These information assurances volition apt request to beryllium much than a ceremonial handshake paired with a signed document, arsenic Russia has doubly violated its past statement with Ukraine, known arsenic the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.

Zelenskyy seemingly archetypal floated the thought of trading Ukraine’s mineral resources – astir 20% of which are located successful present Russian-controlled territory, including fractional of the rare-earth assortment – nether his "victory plan" archetypal presented to Western allies past fall, reported Reuters.