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Donald Trump says Ukraine’s leaders never should have allowed the conflict to begin (Image: Getty)
will be forced to hold elections which could see him lose office under a provisional agreement between the US and .
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in the Saudi capital Riyadh where they discussed ways of ending the .
Both sides agreed on Tuesday (February 18) that Ukrainians should go to the polls before a final peace deal is struck, raising fears Moscow will exploit the vote to install a pro-Putin candidate who would push for terms which favour .
The meeting came just a week after US President spoke to his Russian counterpart by phone.
Mr Trump last night showed little patience for ’s objections to being excluded from the talks in Saudi Arabia. He said repeatedly that ’s leaders never should have allowed the conflict to begin, suggesting Kyiv should have been willing to make concessions to before it sent troops into in 2022.
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US and Russian officials held extensive, high-level talks since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine (Image: Getty)
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