Russia and Ukraine Maintain U.S.-Mediated Talks in Riyadh: What to Know

Russian officers held a spherical of talks with representatives of the US on Monday in Saudi Arabia, following an analogous assembly a day earlier between American and Ukrainian delegations.

The talks are geared toward ironing out particulars of a attainable restricted cease-fire, in what could possibly be a vital step towards a full cessation of hostilities in Russia’s struggle with Ukraine.

Russian state information businesses mentioned that the assembly between the U.S. and Russian delegations lasted greater than 12 hours. The 2 sides are anticipated to publish a joint assertion on Tuesday, the information businesses reported.

What’s on the agenda

The conferences in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, have been anticipated to focus the main points of a tentative settlement between Russia and Ukraine to quickly halt strikes on vitality infrastructure.

Final week, the international locations traded accusations of assaults in opposition to one another’s vitality infrastructure, highlighting the shortage of belief between the 2 international locations and the way tenuous any deal could possibly be.