The prince wants Saudi Arabia to be a middleman in peace talks. Ukraine’s leader said they’d discussed “steps and conditions needed to end the war.”

The Ukrainian president has arrived in Jeddah for a state visit, but he will not attend talks with US officials on Tuesday.

JEDDAH - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ahead of talks between Ukrainian and US officials that Washington hopes will deliver substantial progress towards ending Russia’s war with Ukraine.