Another US-Ukraine meeting is expected in Riyadh after talks with Russia - media

After a meeting between American and Russian negotiators in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, regarding a partial ceasefire in Ukraine, another round of negotiations between the US and Ukrainian teams is expected, The Guardian writes, reports UNN.

Another round of negotiations between the US and Ukrainian teams is expected to take place after the meeting (following yesterday's meeting between Washington and Kyiv officials)

At separate meetings, details of a suspension of long-range attacks on energy facilities and civilian infrastructure and a cessation of attacks in the Black Sea to ensure safe commercial navigation are reportedly planned to be discussed.

Putin said last week that he had agreed to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities for 30 days after a lengthy phone conversation with US President Donald Trump.

"But there is constant confusion over what constitutes energy infrastructure, and Kyiv is insisting that railways and ports be protected under the definition that the Kremlin has narrowly formulated," the publication writes.

Sky News notes, that today's discussions are focused on a ceasefire at sea in the Black Sea - and possibly on how a broader 30-day full ceasefire can be implemented and monitored.

Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy of US President Donald Trump, said that today's talks were aimed at achieving "real progress".

What did Washington and Moscow say?

Voices from the US have been positive: "I think you will see some real progress in Saudi Arabia on Monday, especially regarding a ceasefire in the Black Sea on ships between the two countries. And from there, you will naturally strive for a full ceasefire," Witkoff told Fox News.

Witkoff, as indicated, expressed optimism ahead of the resumption of peace talks in Saudi Arabia, saying that he believed Putin was ready to end the conflict.

"I feel he wants peace," he told Fox News on Sunday.

At the same time, Witkoff called British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plan for Ukraine "posing and posturing."

Witkoff, who heads the US delegation to peace talks with Moscow and Kyiv, criticised Starmer's proposal for a "coalition of the willing", which the Prime Minister hopes could ensure a presence in Ukraine after a ceasefire.

He accused Starmer of adopting a "simplistic" view that leaders "should all be like Winston Churchill" during an interview with journalist Tucker Carlson, who supports Trump.

White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said the teams would discuss the "line of control" between the two countries, which he described as "verification measures, peacekeeping, freezing the lines where they are."

He said that "confidence-building measures" are being discussed, including the return of Ukrainian children captured by Russia.

At the same time, Moscow, as Sky News notes, was keen to make it clear that "nothing has been agreed" in advance.

"We are only at the beginning of this road," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state television.

He also said that there are many unresolved questions about how a potential ceasefire could be implemented.

Who is at the meeting?

The US is represented at today's talks by lower-level officials - neither Witkoff, nor Secretary of State Marco Rubio, nor National Security Advisor Mike Waltz will speak on behalf of Washington.

Instead, the US is represented by Andrew Peek, Senior Director of the White House National Security Council, and Michael Anton, a senior US State Department official.

Russia is represented by Grigory Karasin, chairman of the Russian parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, and Sergei Beseda, adviser to the director of the Russian security services.

Sky News notes that an agreement on some major breakthrough is not expected to be reached in Saudi Arabia today

Yesterday evening, the US delegation met with Ukrainians in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and today they are meeting with the Russians, and today the focus of the talks is on making progress on a ceasefire at sea in the Black Sea, the publication explains.

"I don't expect any breakthroughs in the negotiations today," said Ivor Bennett, the publication's Moscow correspondent.