U.S. and Russian officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia this week to discuss an end to hostilities in Ukraine, without Kyiv representatives present, as questions have been raised over the U.S. vice president’s comments regarding the negotiations.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Diriyah Palace in Riyadh, signaling a potential thaw in Kremlin-Washington relations after years of tension following Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
President Donald Trump’s administration has stirred tensions in Europe and led a somewhat unorganized approach to peace talks, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth walking back comments he made about the war to a Ukraine committee in Brussels.
Speaking to reporters, Trump has denied that his Vice President JD Vance had suggested that U.S. military action was available as
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