US to host indirect talks between Russia and Ukraine in Riyadh on Monday

You basically say, 'Okay, what are your terms?' And you go to the other side, 'What are your terms?'

Kellogg said

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

By now, there could have been over a week without killings, without strikes, without fire – if Putin were not the only one keeping this war going

Zelensky said

There is absolutely no self-interest from the US side in lifting sanctions on Russian military."

Shkurenko

This is the exact wrong time to take the foot off the gas,

Benjamin Hilgenstock, KSE senior economist and one of the report's coauthors, told Newsweek

They’re going to be proximity discussions, meaning one group is going to be in this room, one group in this room, and they [American representatives - ed.] will sit and talk, go back and forth, sort of like shuttle diplomacy in a hotel,

Kellogg said

Jonas Gahr Størenorwegian Prime Minister

There will be a meeting of Ukraine and America and then some shuttle diplomacy, as our American colleagues said, America with Russia,

he told reporters after a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store

For the most part, the signals from Brussels and European capitals concern plans to militarise Europe,

he said

On the Russian side, they will be attended by Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the International Relations Council Committee of the Federation Council [the upper chamber of the Russian parliament], and Sergei Beseda, an adviser to the director of the FSB,

he added

Yuri Ushakovaide

These are truly experienced negotiators who are well-versed in international issues,

Ushakov said

Yuri Ushakovaide

These consultations will take place on Monday, March 24th, in Riyadh,

Ushakov said Thursday in comments published by the Kremlin

Now is the time for President Trump to push the Russian regime to honor the complete ceasefire, just as the U.S. has demanded from Ukraine."

Yuriy Boyechko, founder of the humanitarian organization Hope for Ukraine

Julia Davisrussia watcher

State TV propagandists have surmised that a partial ceasefire was just Putin's way of throwing Trump a bone."

Russia watcher Julia Davis

President Trump and President Putin spoke about the need for peace and a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Both leaders agreed this conflict needs to end with a lasting peace."

White House statement

That was President Macron, we have a conversation on average once a day, he’s helping a lot. I will call him back.”

Returning to the briefing, he said

We talked only about one power plant, which is under Russian occupation,

he said

I also want to stop massive payments that are necessary to be made by us. I also want Europe to pay the same as us because they weren’t able to do that under Biden

Trump added

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Today Putin effectively rejected the proposal for a full ceasefire,

Zelensky said

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

These attacks are countering our common efforts,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, referring to ongoing U.S.-Russian discussions

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Today, I have not felt any pressure. That's a fact,

Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists after speaking with Donald Trump, who shared details of his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week

So there are a lot of issues to be worked out, but I think the main issue of do you want a deal or not? Do you want to go to the negotiating table or not? I think that's already been decided, and that's been reinforced by both phone calls with President Trump and Putin and Trump and Zelensky,

McFarland said