Senior officials from the U.S. and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia on improving ties and ending the war in Ukraine - but Ukraine isn't invited.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he did not know about U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia and "will not accept" them.

Talks between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine are set to begin Tuesday, multiple sources have told CNN.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wasn’t in the room for the first high-level talks between Russia and the United States over Moscow’s war on Ukraine on Tuesday, but Mohammed bin Salman still won the day for hosting the gathering that could be a game-changer in the bloody conflict.

Russia said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would hold talks with top U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Tuesday that will focus on ending the war in Ukraine and restoring broader Russia-U.

High-level delegations from the U.S. and Russia held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday over the fate of Ukraine, the negotiations taking place without Kyiv's participation. The State Department said the talks were aimed to discuss ending the three-year-long war,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that Russia and the U.S. have agreed to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties