The meeting was the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that Russian and American delegations are known to have met face-to-face.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said his country won’t accept peacekeeping forces from Nato countries in Ukraine under any peace deal, following high-level talks with the US in Saudi Arabia.

“Any appearance by armed forces under some other flag does not change anything. It is of course completely unacceptable,” he said. Russia and the US said they had agreed to appoint teams to start negotiating the end of the war.

“Today is the first step of a long and difficult journey, but an important one”, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said following the meeting.

  • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
    10·
    23 hours ago

    Too bad dickhead, Ukraine doesn’t accept Russian troops in Ukraine but here we are.

      • reksas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        if they were to use those for any reason, it would be horrible suicide for them. They could destroy the society as we know it with them but they couldnt stop the retaliation which would be so vengeance fueled I dont want to even think about it.

        • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          15 hours ago

          There was a “nato honest reaction” meme that showed nuclear strikes on every city in Russia with some heavy house music over it.

          I’ll see if I can dig it up.

          Found the animation the meme used but not the meme itself. Ah well.

  • DevCat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    942·
    2 days ago

    This is like sovereign citizens saying they don’t consent to being arrested. Did anybody hear us asking for permission?

  • gibmiser@lemmy.worldEnglish
    602·
    2 days ago

    Ukraine isn’t their fucking country so go get fucked, if they wanna have friends over to help scare the goons away of course they can it’s their fucking country.

  • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    2 days ago

    What… Uhhh… What are they going to do about it? Bomb London and eat nukes?

    I know it’s escalatory but sometimes you have to accept a little escalation to show you’re willing. Just like a certain “Axis” in history they’re pushing because they think everyone is too afraid of an actual war. And appeasement directly led to their war because the other powers waited until it was so far gone it could only be war.

    But escalating a little to egg their face now, (not bloody it), it punctures that belief.

    • Nalivai@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      They gonna order his bitch Trump, the wannabe emperor of the US, to pressure NATO. And the bitch will oblige.

  • HellsBelleOPEnglish
    472·
    2 days ago

    Warmongers refuse to be watched commiting atrocities.

    Whatever.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    2 days ago

    It’s sad how these mental infants think they can negotiate anything about Ukraine, when there is nobody present with a mandate to do so.
    Lavrov is as bad as they come, and he can go fuck himself. Nothing he says has any value.
    It’s not even interesting what they agree on, because it’s completely irrelevant. The only thing interesting is how Trump reacts when he realizes the free world combined will absolutely distance themselves from it.
    Russia is of course playing along, because they can create discord that way. USA has a fascist leader, that prefer to talk to other fascist leaders, and not the traditional democratic allies of USA.

    Trump is crashing USA as world leader for the 2nd time. But this time is worse, and he has done it right from the start of his presidency. Paving the way for a much quicker new world order where China dominates.

    Without the support of all the allies, USA is not nearly as powerful as Trump may think they are.

    • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      Its not funny and theyre not mental infants, its calculated, sociopathic geopolitical maneuvering by very capable, ruthless people

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    232·
    2 days ago

    Lavrov was the first foreign emissary to visit Trump in the Oval Office the first time they stole the election. At that time, our demented rapist revealed classified intelligence that burned some Israeli spies and everyone learned very quickly not to tell the gibbering fuckface anything if you wanted it to stay secret.

    Since they sent Little Marco, I didn’t think they were serious anyway but now it seems ridiculously obvious.

  • A_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    2 days ago

    Delusional russ don’t “accept” reality… So what ?