US and Russian officials have met in Saudi Arabia to discuss a partial ceasefire in Ukraine, a day after US-Ukraine talks there and as President Donald Trump pushes to quickly end the war.
The US and Russian teams met behind closed doors at a hotel in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, with a possible revival of a 2022 Black Sea ceasefire proposal on the table.
Negotiations between the two teams are focused on technical issues, including the Black Sea Initiative, which is about the security of shipping in the region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The Ukrainian team, which held talks with US officials in the same venue yesterday, is expecting a second meeting…