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(NewsNation) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian officials successful Saudi Arabia connected Tuesday to sermon an extremity to the warfare successful Ukraine. Ukrainian officials were not included successful the meeting.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the state volition not admit immoderate agreements made without its input.
"Ukraine regards immoderate negotiations connected Ukraine without Ukraine arsenic negotiations with nary result," Zelenskyy said. "And we cannot admit anything, immoderate arrangements astir america that were made without us."
The gathering successful Riyadh — which included Rubio, U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, peculiar envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and an adjutant to Russian President Vladimir Putin — was meant to pave the mode for a gathering betwixt Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said successful a connection that the 2 parties agreed to name "high-level teams to statesman moving connected a way to ending the struggle successful Ukraine arsenic soon arsenic possible."
"President Trump wants to halt the killing; the United States wants peace and is utilizing its spot successful the satellite to bring countries together," the connection said.
Yuri Ushakov, an adjutant to Putin, told Russia’s Channel One that a day for specified a gathering has not yet been set.
Trump insists Putin wants bid — but hours earlier officials from Washington and Moscow met, Russia launched a drone onslaught connected Ukraine.
While Putin had antecedently refused to negociate with Zelenskyy, the Russian president's property caput says helium is present consenting to.
Zelenskyy said Trump's Ukraine envoy is acceptable to sojourn the state adjacent week and that helium wants to instrumentality him to the beforehand lines.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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