Top Russian and American diplomats are converging on Saudi Arabia for talks on the future of Ukraine, while European leaders rush to shore up military support for Kyiv.
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister and the US secretary of state Marco Rubio, are set to meet in Riyadh on Tuesday in discussions that will exclude both Ukraine and Europe. They are also being held against a background of Kremlin assumptions that the new Trump administration is keen to re-set relations with Vladimir Putin’s regime.
