UKRAINE WAR: Trump team to meet Russians, Ukrainians in Saudi

A senior team from US President Donald Trump’s administration will start talks in Saudi Arabia with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators on ending the Ukraine war, US officials said Saturday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Trump’s Middle East negotiator Steve Witkoff will head to Saudi for the talks, […]

A senior team from US President Donald Trump’s administration will start talks in Saudi Arabia with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators on ending the Ukraine war, US officials said Saturday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Trump’s Middle East negotiator Steve Witkoff will head to Saudi for the talks, the officials said.

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The move comes just days after Trump announced that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since returning to office and that they had agreed to start talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine.

The officials gave no further details of when the meetings would happen or when the officials would travel.