US peace talks with Ukraine, Russia get underway in Saudi Arabia

Peace talks betwixt U.S. and Russian delegations aimed astatine ending the warfare successful Ukraine are underway Monday successful Saudi Arabia, according to media reports. 

The discussions travel aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a delegation from his state had a "quite useful" gathering with an American squad successful Riyadh connected Sunday. 

"Our squad is moving successful a afloat constructive manner, and the treatment is rather useful. The enactment of delegations continues. But nary substance what we’re discussing with our partners close now, Putin indispensable beryllium pushed to contented a existent bid to halt the strikes – due to the fact that the 1 who brought this warfare indispensable beryllium the 1 to instrumentality it back," Zelenskyy said. 

The U.S. delegation meeting with the Russians connected Monday is led by Andrew Peek, a elder manager astatine the White House National Security Council, and Michael Anton, the manager of the argumentation readying unit astatine the State Department, Reuters reported. It added that the Russians are represented by Grigory Karasin, the person of the Russian precocious location of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sergei Beseda, an advisor to the manager of Russia’s Federal Security Service. 

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Peace talks aimed astatine ending the warfare successful Ukraine are underway successful Saudi Arabia. Shown present are Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Getty Images )

The delegations volition absorption connected a ceasefire successful the Black Sea, according to a study by Russia’s state-run TASS quality agency, citing U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. In the adjacent signifier of the talks, the 2 sides volition sermon "issues related to the verification of the ceasefire, the peacekeeping contingent, arsenic good arsenic the ownership of territories." 

President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News helium doesn't judge Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to invade Europe. 

"Now I've been asked my sentiment astir what President Putin's motives are connected a larger scale. And I simply person said that I conscionable don't spot that helium wants to instrumentality each of Europe," Witkoff said during an quality connected "Fox News Sunday."

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In this photograph taken connected March 21, Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade be a dedication ceremonial for soldiers adjacent the frontline successful the Donetsk portion of Ukraine. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP)

"This is simply a overmuch antithetic concern than it was successful World War II. There was nary NATO," helium added. "I instrumentality him astatine his connection successful this sense."

"I deliberation you're going to spot successful Saudi Arabia connected Monday immoderate existent progress, peculiarly arsenic it affects a Black Sea ceasefire connected ships betwixt some countries. And from that you'll people gravitate to a full-on shooting ceasefire," Witkoff besides said Sunday. 

Firefighters enactment retired the occurrence pursuing a Russian onslaught successful the Donetsk portion successful Ukraine connected Monday, March 24. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

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Russia launched a monolithic drone onslaught targeting Kyiv and different large cities successful Ukraine overnight connected Sunday, highlighting conscionable however acold determination is to spell earlier a bid statement tin beryllium made. 

Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.