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

Poland's PM said if Europe fails "to spend big on defence now, we will be forced to spend 10 times more" during war.

The prime minister says a "US security guarantee is the only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again".

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.

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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.