RT News - February 17 2025 (17:00 MSK)

The Kremlin confirms a top diplomatic delegation will head to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. They'll sit down with their American counterparts, forging a path towards a political settlement of the Ukraine conflict. While Zelensky didn't get an invite to the talks, he's decided to stay close to the action anyway over in the UAE. And he's insisting that without Ukrainian representation, there can be no peace deal. Hard rhetoric from the US at the Munich Security Conference leaves the Europeans on edge and brings the forum’s chairman to tears. A power struggle is brewing in Ukraine. The mayor of a city near the capital says authorities in Kiev are no longer up to the task of ruling the country, adding that Zelensky is staring down the barrel of a military coup.