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American and Ukrainian diplomatic delegations started high -risk talks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that Kiev hoped to be able to fix her reserved relationship with Washington, re -connect American weapons and intelligence exchange.

The Ukrainian team is expected to make US officials a partial ceasefire proposal in which Ukraine and Russia will abstain from long -term strikes of drones and missiles, attacks on energy and civil infrastructure, and military activities in the Black Sea.

Andrei Yermak, the presidency, a senior presidential assistant, who leads the Ukrainian delegation, wrote on a telegram: “The team arrived, and we are ready to work.”

The talks, which started in the middle of the day in Jeddah, came at a time when the Ukrainian and Russian forces launched new attacks on each other.

On Monday night, the authorities in Moscow stated that at least 91 drones targeted the Russian capital in one of the largest drones on the city since then Russia’s full invasion In 2022.

The Ukrainian authorities also informed the drone strikes in several regions of the country overnight.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told correspondents that Washington would seek to “understand the Ukrainian position” and measure the concessions that Kiev will be ready to make.

The best diplomat of the United States added on the eve of the talks that Kiev needs to waive some lands to Russia as part of a peace agreement.

“The Russians cannot conquer all Ukraine, and it is clear that it will be very difficult for Ukraine in any reasonable period of time to prepare a kind of Russians to where they were in 2014,” said Rubio.

US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Steve Witkeov, President Donald Trump’s envoy for the Middle East, joins Rubio in the American delegation.

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinsky traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, but he does not participate in discussions with the United States.

“The position of Ukraine in these talks will be fully based,” said Zellinski.

In the past ten days, Ukraine has been rushed to reform its relations with the Trump administration after a catastrophic meeting at the White House between Zelinski and the American president.

The conflict prompted Washington to postpone the signing of the metal deal and stop all military assistance to Ukraine, including the exchange of intelligence information on which Kiev relied on to strike Russian goals beyond the confrontation line.

He told Witkoff Fox News on Monday that the intelligence participation will be discussed in the talks, but it denied that Washington had stopped providing intelligence for defensive purposes.

Witkeov also said that Zelinski apologized for the White House’s argument in a message sent to Trump.

This coincided with US military assistance with a new Russian attack in the Corsak region, which was seized by the Ukrainian forces in August.

Ukraine said that Russia fired ballistic missiles and 126 aircraft from the Kamikaz plane in many of its regions overnight as part of a several -week near -near attack.

Ukrainian drones were killed on Russia and wounded at least 14 others. The Russian Ministry of Defense said it had recorded 337 drones across the country, including an intense attack on Moscow.

The photos from the joint capital on social media showed several tall residential blocs with a fire and dozens of burning vehicles. Officials claimed that all drones were brought down by Russian air defenses.