Russia gives update on "difficult" Ukraine talks with U.S.
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Day-long talks in Saudi Arabia between the U.S. and Russia over a ceasefire in the Ukraine war were "difficult" but "constructive", a Russian official said.
Grigory Karasin, a member of the Russian delegation and head of the international committee of the Federation Council, gave the update to state news agency RIA.
The delegations were discussing the technical details of a ceasefire on energy infrastructure agreed by Moscow and Kyiv, and brokered by Washington. The met on Monday.
"A very interesting, difficult, but quite constructive conversation took place with the U.S. expert team. They sat all day from morning until late at night," Karasin said on Tuesday morning.
This is a developing story and more information will be published shortly.
