Zelensky says, "Ukraine has been seeking peace from the very first second, and the only reason the war continues is Russia". Flags of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine on a road in the city of Jeddah ahead of Zelensky's arrival.

Delegations from the US and Ukraine are set to sit down at the negotiation table in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, after a public spat between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House last month,

Ukrainian officials, at a meeting with their American counterparts in Saudi Arabia, plan to propose a ceasefire with Russia in the air and at sea, according to the Associated Press. Two unnamed high-ranking Ukrainian officials told the news agency that Ukraine’s proposal would also include the release of prisoners.