Talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, include discussions on territories, demarcation lines, and ownership of Ukraine’s power plant, U.S. President Donald Trump said on March 24 during a press briefing. Trump’s statement comes as negotiations between the U.S. and Russian delegations continue. Ukrainian officials are expected to meet their American counterparts after U.S-Russia talks are finished. […]
Peace talks between U.S. and Russian delegations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine are underway Monday in Saudi Arabia, according to media reports. The discussions come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a delegation from his country had a “quite useful” meeting with an American team in Riyadh on Sunday. “Our team is working […]
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. A Ukrainian delegation met with its U.S. counterpart in Riyadh for talks on “technical issues” on the partial ceasefire on energy and critical infrastructure strikes, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on March 23. The meeting with a technical team comes a day before the […]
Moscow is hoping for “some progress” in upcoming talks in Saudi Arabia, a Russian negotiator told state media ahead of Monday’s meetings between U.S., Ukrainian, and Russian delegations. The U.S. is engaging in what U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg described as “shuttle diplomacy” to seek a resolution to the full-scale invasion, now in its fourth year, […]
The U.S. plans to hold indirect talks between Russia and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia to understand each side’s conditions, Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg announced on March 20. The talks will involve “shuttle diplomacy,” with Russian and Ukrainian representatives present in separate rooms. “You basically say, ‘Okay. What are your terms?’ And you go […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his delegation to represent Ukraine in upcoming talks with the U.S. in Saudi Arabia on March 8. Along with Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff, Zelensky wrote on X that Ukraine will also be sending Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Pavlo […]
Russia’s foreign ministry has said none of its representatives are scheduled to meet their U.S. counterparts in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 25, Russian state media RIA Novosti reported. The statement comes after Euronews reported on Feb. 22 that U.S. President Donald Trump had announced a second round of talks on how to end the war […]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, wanted President Volodymyr Zelensky to be represented in talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Riyadh, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 18, citing a person with knowledge of the plans. A U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov will fly to Saudi Arabia for talks with a U.S. delegation about how to end the war in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Feb. 17. “They are expected to hold a meeting with their American counterparts on Tuesday, which will focus […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dispatched a group of senior officials to Saudi Arabia for meetings with the U.S. about a potential peace deal for Ukraine, the Kremlin announced Monday. The officials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov, will meet with U.S. counterparts on Tuesday. The groups plan to […]
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky, denied on Feb. 15 that Ukraine will participate in an upcoming meeting between Russia and the United States in Saudi Arabia. “There is nothing on the negotiating table that would be worth discussing,” Podolyak said on […]
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect comments from Ukrainian officials denying the country will send a delegation to Riyadh. A previous version of this article, citing Politico, reported that a Ukrainian delegation will be present at the meetings. Senior U.S. officials are heading to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russian representatives, Politico […]