Russia says it wants the “United Nations, some countries” participating in talks with us on Ukraine

A Russian negotiator said on Tuesday that the talks between Russian officials and the United States on a partial truce in Ukraine were useful and will continue and that it wanted to include the United Nations and other countries in discussions with the United States.
“We talked about everything, it was an intense dialogue, not easy, but it is very useful for us and the Americans,” Gregory Karasin The news agency in Russia was told. “We will continue to do so,” he said after the teams held 12 hours of negotiations in a hotel in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
He added: “We will continue the” talks “, adding in the international community, above all the United Nations and some countries,” said Karasin Tass.
US President Donald Trump is working on a quick solution to a three -year war and hopes to help talks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to achieve progress.
the Ukrainian negotiation team He remained in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, for another day to meet the representatives of the United States, according to AFP.
Earlier this month, talks were held in Jeddah, shortly after Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky at the White House. During those talks, Kiev accepted a 30 -day US ceasefire proposal, but Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected him.
Originally, the US or Ukraine and Russia talks were to occur at the same time, allowing the United States to mediate between both sides. Now, they are held one by one.
During a phone call with Trump, Putin refused the Ukrainian US request to get a full and 30 -day truce. Instead, it suggested that the attacks be stopped on energy facilities.
The meetings in Rayada, the Saudi capital, were expected to focus on the details of a preliminary agreement between Russia and Ukraine to temporarily stop strikes on energy infrastructure.
Last week, the countries circulated accusations of attacks against energy infrastructure for each other, highlighting the lack of confidence between the two countries and how it could be any deal.
Both sides also discuss the possible return of the Black Sea initiative, in which Turkey and the United Nations first mediated in 2022. Russia withdrew from the agreement in 2023, saying that the West did not fulfill its obligations to reduce sanctions on Russian farm exports and fertilizers.