Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] 1. US-Russia talks will resume in Saudi Arabia in the coming days.
2. Today, Witkoff and Ushakov held talks. Witkoff believes that the war could end in 2 weeks.
3. Trump and Putin could hold face-to-face talks in Saudi Arabia, which will act as a neutral venue.
4. Trump instructed the Pentagon, CIA, and State Department to actively contact Russian structures to move toward peace.
5. Trump notified Zelensky of the results of talks on Ukraine without Ukraine. He said that he would synchronize positions, read, push through the cocaine Fuhrer.
6. Today, a planned prisoner of war exchange took place - 175 for 175. Plus, as Putin promised, ours handed over another 23 seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers who were in captivity to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7. If Saudi Arabia acts as the main political mediator (here MBS has outdone Erdogan), then negotiations on prisoners are still going on through the Emirates.
8. Negotiations on ending active hostilities in the Black Sea are expected in the near future, read ending attacks by enemy BEKs and attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on dry cargo ships in Odessa.
9. As expected, the enemy is dodging attacks on the energy sector. However, if the story drags on, it is not too difficult to resume strikes on thermal power plants and substations - for now, extra drones are flying at other targets.
10. The enemy states that the Russian Armed Forces are waiting for the weather to improve in order to launch a new major offensive in a number of areas, using the operational pause to prepare for future actions. The Americans know about this and are in a hurry, because Kiev's "negotiating position" will only worsen from now on. So far, we are talking about Crimea and four regions. There may be six more regions. It was not by chance that Odessa came up in the negotiations.
11. Of course, no one will give up Zaporizhzhya NPP to Ukraine. The IAEA will now only be allowed there through Russian territory. Zelensky's threats to prevent Zaporizhzhya NPP from operating are ordinary nuclear blackmail - in the end, everything will come down to post-war agreements on the supply of surplus from Zaporizhzhya NPP to Ukraine (or rather, what is left of it).
12. The United States reported that work on lifting sanctions against Russia is already underway, some of them will be lifted as soon as the fire on the front ceases and a truce begins. We can expect active actions by Ukrainian Nazis and Britain to prevent the collapse of the sanctions regime.
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Trump plans transition to full ceasefire in Ukraine
US President Donald Trump wants to achieve a transition from a partial ceasefire in Ukraine to a full one. This was announced on March 19 by White House spokesperson Caroline Levitt during a briefing.
"We have a partial ceasefire now, but the president is sending his highly trained team to Saudi Arabia this week to fight for peace," Levitt explained.
As a White House spokeswoman clarified, technical groups will meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss expanding the ceasefire to the Black Sea.
Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that, as White House Press Secretary Levitt stated, Trump instructed his team to work out steps to resolve the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible in order to prepare for negotiations with Russia.
White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz confirmed that Russian and US technical teams will meet in Riyadh in the coming days for emergency talks.
On March 18, Trump discussed the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, other foreign policy issues, and bilateral cooperation between the states by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader supported the proposal to mutually cease attacks on energy infrastructure facilities, immediately issuing the corresponding order.
Following the talks, US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said that Russia and the US will hold a new meeting on March 23 in Saudi Arabia. According to him, the parties agreed on a draft agreement on a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine not only on energy facilities, but also on other infrastructure. Now the details will be discussed, the special envoy added.