Abdullah Al-Haqim 
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Sergey Lavrov discussed on Saturday the “next steps” in the talks related to ending the war in Ukraine, the US State Department announced.
US State Department spokeswoman Tami Bruce said that the two ministers “agreed to continue working towards restoring communication between the United States and Russia.”
There were no details of the next round of the US -Russian discussions hosted by Saudi Arabia.
The Sabbath said British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer said that “the ball is in the stadium of Russia” and that Russian President Vladimir Putin will come to the negotiating table on Ukraine “sooner or later”, following a virtual meeting of allied countries that Kev hosted it.
Starmer reported 26 leaders and senior officials of allied countries Kiev as they participated in a virtual conversation hosted by Downing Street, that the focus should be focused on strengthening Ukraine, consolidating any ceasefire and continuing to pressure Moscow.
Starmer said that Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski showed that his country is “the party calling for peace because he agreed and committed to an unconditional truce of 30 days,” adding, “Putin is the one who tries to postpone … if Putin really wants peace, the matter is very simple: he must stop his barbaric attacks against Ukraine and agree to the ceasefire.”
