Russia and the U.S. met there a day earlier on a limited Black Sea ceasefire proposal that Washington hopes will open the way for broader peace negotiations.

U.S. and Russian officials on Monday began talks in Saudi Arabia on a possible ceasefire in the three-year Ukraine war, Russia's TASS news agency reported. The talks at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Riyadh kicked off a day after U.

After separate talks with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators over three days in Saudi Arabia, the United States announced agreements with Kyiv and Moscow to stop attacks in the Black Sea and implement a halt to strikes on energy facilities,