After three days of intense negotiations, the Trump administration, Ukraine and Russia agreed to a limited ceasefire in which the key details, including what was covered and how it will start, were disputed by the warring sides.

After three days of separate intensive discussions with the United States, Russia and Ukraine left the latest round of ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia with agreements to declare a limited ceasefire in the Black Sea and to halt strikes against energy facilities.

That helps explain why President Donald Trump’s promise to end the war between Russia and Ukraine (within a day, as he used to say) is proving difficult. His officials say they have achieved “epic” results.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Russia's conditions for a ceasefire on the Black Sea were "unrealistic," and that Russia was trying to drag out talks in order to grab more land.

Ukraine has had the uppoer hand in the Black Sea. But conceding to to this US-brokered deal will win Kyiv important credit from the Trump administration.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that the proposed Black Sea Initiative was a new deal - not an extension of an earlier agreement. "This is a new agreement, the contours of which are currently being discussed,

Putin suggested Ukraine be placed under a form of temporary administration to reach a settlement in the war, Russian news agencies reported.

Russian and U.S. officials met this week in Saudi Arabia to try to work out some sort of ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. But even as Russia talks about peace, its attacks on Ukrainian cities continues.

Russia intensifies assault in Zaporizhzhia, increasing pressure on Ukraine's southern positions, military says ・Russia makes excuses to break ceasefire on energy infrastructure strikes ・EU preparing 17th package of Russia sanctions,

The terms of a mineral deal between Ukraine and the U.S. have not yet been finalised, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, after a summary of Washington's latest offer suggested it was demanding all of Ukraine's natural resources income for years.

Western sanctions on Russia need to be increased, not weakened, in order to bring it to the negotiating table, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The prime minister accused Vladimir Putin of "playing games and playing for time" after the Russian president demanded sanctions were lifted before a US-brokered maritime ceasefire is enacted.

Vladimir Putin has vowed to boost Russia’s military presence in the Arctic, as he warned that Donald Trump was “serious” about taking Greenland.