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Putin sounds pleased with progress on Ukraine talks

February 19, 2025 at 01:49PM

I was informed on results of Russia-US talks

I appreciate them highly

Now work on diplomatic missions will be resumed

Russia ready to get back to negotiations on Ukraine

We don’t need mediators

Russia and the US made steps to cooperate in the Middle East

Russian and the US discussed energy

There’s a common refrain that Russia is pretty much getting everything it wanted in Ukraine but I wonder if Russia isn’t offering something else in the Middle East — maybe in relation to support for Iran — that is below the radar.

In any case, WTI crude oil is up 77-cents to $72.62 today.

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

Putin sounds pleased with progress on Ukraine talks