Ukraine Russia online: Negotiations between the US and Ukraine were productive according to Kiev

US and Ukraine officials will meet in Saudi Arabia in the evening As part of Washington’s efforts to end the war.

This was stated by a member of the Ukrainian delegation for AFP.

Talks on a temporary ceasefire, which were to be held on Monday in Saudi Arabia simultaneously, will now probably take place at different times, AFP says.

The meetings follow a series of negotiations held in Saudi Arabia, first between the United States and Russia and later between the US and Ukraine, when Kiev agreed to proposal for a 30-day ceasefire.

The Ukrainian delegation at Sunday’s meeting will be led by Minister of Defense Rust UMER, writes Reuters. Zelenskyj had previously said that this will allow Kiev to act « very quickly and very factually ».

A spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Heorhij Tychyj, according to the British BBC station, said on Friday that Ukraine considers the US meeting technical and bilaterally. He added that contacts with the Russian side are not planned.

However, the Special White House Embassy Steve Witkoff expressed optimism that any agreement achieved during the negotiations will open the way to the « complete » ceasefire. « I think that on Monday in Saudi Arabia you will see real progress, especially when it comes to a truce in the Black Sea between the two countries. And this will naturally develop a complete ceasefire, » he told Fox News.

The Kremlin reduced the expectations of a quick solution on Sunday and said the interviews were just starting. « We are only at the beginning of this trip, » said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov for Russian state television. He stated that there were many unresolved « questions » in connection with how a potential ceasefire could be realized.

Russia did not approach the original US proposal for a complete and unconditional 30-day ceasefire, with which Ukraine also agreed. Instead, it suggested stopping air attacks on energy infrastructure. (TASR)