Senior officials from the U.S. and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia on improving ties and ending the war in Ukraine - but Ukraine isn't invited.

High-level delegations from the U.S. and Russia held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday over the fate of Ukraine, the negotiations taking place without Kyiv's participation. The State Department said the talks were aimed to discuss ending the three-year-long war,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that Russia and the U.S. have agreed to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties