A FRESH round of tense, Trump-backed Ukraine-Russia peace talks are to begin today in Saudi Arabia.
The US team are looking to get a ceasefire in the Black Sea to allow free flow of shipping, as well as a pause on fighting in Ukraine.
At the Ritz Carlton hotel in Riyadh, US-Russian talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine have already began.
It came after US officials held meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia’s capital.
Despite Ukrainian and Russian delegations being at the same compound, they will not directly interact with one another, with all talks going through the US.
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