Ukrainian military members of the State Border Guard Pomsta Brigade, Phoenix Drone Unit, perform a test flight of a Vampire hexacopter drone prior to their mission, in the Donetsk region last week —AFP RIYADH, Mar 25 (AFP): Washington and Kyiv held brief talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a day after hours of US-Russia negotiations on halting the fighting in Ukraine ended without any breakthroughs announced.
US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine launched more than three years ago, and hopes the latest round of talks in the Saudi capital will pave the way for a ceasefire.
Kyiv had earlier this month agreed to a US-proposed unconditional ceasefire but Moscow had turned it down, with Ukraine and its European allies accusing it of not wanting peace.
"The talks are over. All details will be announced later," a Ukrainian source told a small group of media, including AFP, not long after saying the meeting had begun.
The negotiations between Ukrainian and American officials come after hours of Russian-US meetings that yielded no announcement on any truce.
In Moscow, the Kremlin said the "content" of its talks with the US a day earlier will not be made public, saying it was still "analysing" the results of negotiations with the Americans.
"They are being analysed," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "The content of these talks will definitely not be publicised," he added.
The Kremlin said contacts with Washington would continue but there was no "specific" date for another meeting.
US-Russia talks on Ukraine 'useful'
will continue: Russian negotiator
A Russian negotiator said on Tuesday that Moscow would continue "useful" talks with the United States over the Ukraine conflict and would aim to involve the UN and other countries.
"We talked about everything, it was an intense dialogue, not easy, but very useful for us and the Americans," Grigory Karasin, told the state TASS news agency, adding that "lots of problems were discussed".
"Of course we are far from solving everything, from being in agreement on all points, but it seems that this type of discussion is very timely," he said.
"We will continue doing it, adding in the international community, above all the United Nations and certain countries," Karasin said.
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