US and Ukrainian Officials to Meet in Saudi Arabia for Cease-Fire Talks

The push to develop a framework for peace follows a highly publicized falling-out between leaders of the two nations.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The United States and Ukraine are coordinating a meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss the initial terms of a cease-fire framework to halt the fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, told reporters at the White House on March 6 that U.S. President Donald Trump had received a letter from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressing a willingness to lay out the initial terms of a cease-fire with Russia.