"Ukraine Excluded from US-Russia Talks in Saudi Arabia – What’s Behind the Decision?"

 

Ukrainian officials will not attend Russia-US talks to be held in Saudi Arabia in the coming days, the BBC has learned

A government source says Ukraine has not been invited and will not send a delegation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly said he would not accept any deal struck without his country's input

Trump's closest foreign policy advisers - Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz and Steve Witkoff - are travelling to Saudi Arabia tonight

In response, European leaders are meeting in France tomorrow for an emergency summit

US President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week to discuss a possible deal

After a chaotic week, Zelensky is trying to re-assert his position, our correspondent in Ukraine James Waterhouse writes