Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he and his Russian counterpart agreed to put together teams to negotiate a Ukraine ceasefire.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Saudi Arabia for talks regarding Russia's war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will be in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. NBC News' Courtney Kube has the latest reporting.

Shares in Asia and Europe gained on Tuesday, lifted by defense and military stocks as U.S. and Russian officials meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Japan’s Nikkei 225, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong,

Russia told the United States on Tuesday that settling the war in Ukraine required a reorganisation of Europe's defence agreements, as the superpowers met in Saudi Arabia without Kyiv or

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky championed the idea Saturday of creating a European military force, in order to ensure the rest of the world does not treat it like a "pushover."

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized that Ukraine and Europe will be integral to any serious negotiations to end Russias war in Ukraine, despite initial U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia this week.

Senior Trump officials to headline first Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia. Discover the stakes, global reactions & potential outcomes.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he might meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this month and dismissed Ukraine's concern about being left out of U.S.-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the Ukraine war.

European leaders are fuming at being left out of U.S. talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia. But they’re also just as angry for setting themselves up to be left out. “I think our problem in Europe quite often is that,

But an equitable end to the conflict may defy a quick fix since it poses existential issues for Ukraine and European security. This tension was exacerbated by the president’s decision to exclude officials from Kyiv and European powers from US-Russia talks that took place in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

The future of Ukraine hangs in the balance as U.S. officials head to Saudi Arabia to begin direct negotiations with Moscow over ending the war, leaving Kyiv and its European allies scrambling to come up with a strategy for their own security.

The fracturing Western alliance faces its split-screen moment as the U.S. and Russia start to hammer out the future of Europe — while excluded European leaders huddle 3,500 miles away. President Donald Trump’s negotiating team is assembling in Saudi Arabia today ahead of high-stakes talks with their Russian counterparts about ending the war in Ukraine,