Russia peace talks, the top Russian diplomat paid a visit to Turkey less than a week after the Ukrainian president's trip to Ankara.

The talks between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, concluded with Rubio confirming that the nations would reopen missions in Washington and Moscow.

The meeting in Riyadh — which included Rubio, U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov a

The anniversary was being marked as U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine shift under President Donald Trump. Here's the latest: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has insisted that Ukraine must be definitely barred from NATO membership as part of the talks to end the war in Ukraine.

The meeting was the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that Russian and American delegations are known to have met face-to-face.

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia’s top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday.

Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine as part of any peace deal, its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says after talks with the US in Saudi Arabia. On Monday, UK PM Keir Starme

The U.S. Secretary of State's comments came after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the pair were discussing the possibility of an end to the war in Ukraine - without representatives from Kyiv present.

At a press conference in Turkeye, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that Moscow will only halt hostilities if peace talks produce a "stable outcome" that satisfies Russia and reflects the "realities on the battlefield.

A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada are in Ukraine’s capital to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion.