Each side has accused the other of undermining efforts to reach a pause in the three-year-old war.
Kyiv and Moscow agreed in principle last Wednesday to a limited ceasefire, after US President Donald Trump spoke with the countries’ leaders, but different views have been offered of what targets would be off-limits from attacks.
While the White House said “energy and infrastructure” would be covered, the Kremlin declared that the agreement referred more narrowly to “energy infrastructure”.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would also like to see his country’s railways and ports protected.
Yesterday's talks were expected to address some of those differences, as well as a potential pause in attacks in the Black Sea to ensure the safety of commercial shipping. US and Russian representatives began meeting in the morning in the Saudi capital, Russia's state Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies reported. The US and Ukrainian teams met on Sunday in Riyadh, and more contacts are expected, though it was not clear when.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last Friday the Russian military is fulfilling President Vladimir Putin’s order to halt attacks on energy facilities for 30 days. Mr Peskov accused Ukraine of derailing the ...
Kyiv and Moscow agreed in principle last Wednesday to a limited ceasefire, after US President Donald Trump spoke with the countries’ leaders, but different views have been offered of what targets would be off-limits from attacks.
While the White House said “energy and infrastructure” would be covered, the Kremlin declared that the agreement referred more narrowly to “energy infrastructure”.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would also like to see his country’s railways and ports protected.
Yesterday's talks were expected to address some of those differences, as well as a potential pause in attacks in the Black Sea to ensure the safety of commercial shipping. US and Russian representatives began meeting in the morning in the Saudi capital, Russia's state Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies reported. The US and Ukrainian teams met on Sunday in Riyadh, and more contacts are expected, though it was not clear when.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last Friday the Russian military is fulfilling President Vladimir Putin’s order to halt attacks on energy facilities for 30 days. Mr Peskov accused Ukraine of derailing the ...
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