US and Russian officials met on Tuesday (Feb 18) in Riyadh for their first talks on ending the war in Ukraine, as Kyiv and its European allies watched anxiously from the sidelines.
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00:00U.S. and Russian officials met on Tuesday in Riyadh for their first talks on ending
00:06the war in Ukraine.
00:08The U.S. delegation is led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while the Russian side
00:13represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
00:17The Kremlin said the talks may bring clarity on a possible meeting between U.S. President
00:22Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
00:26Trump had said that both the Russian and Ukrainian governments wanted to end the war,
00:31which he said should not have happened.
00:33He had assured that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would also be involved in the talks.
00:39Meanwhile, Zelensky, who is in Turkey for an official visit, told the media on Monday
00:45that no peace deal could be made on behalf of Ukraine.
00:56Zelensky, who is in Turkey for an official visit, told the media on Monday that no peace
01:03deal could be made on behalf of Ukraine.
01:06Zelensky, who is in Turkey for an official visit, told the media on Monday that no peace
01:12deal could be made on behalf of Ukraine.
01:15Zelensky, who is in Turkey for an official visit, told the media on Monday that no peace
01:22deal could be made on behalf of Ukraine.
01:27Trump's special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, is in Brussels meeting European
01:32leaders and said he will be visiting Zelensky in Kiev this week.