Moscow’s demand during Riyadh talks rejected but allies fear Donald Trump could yet allow restoration of former Soviet bloc

Russian officials say Ukrainian membership in NATO is a red line in peace talks as they met with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

It comes after the Ukrainian president suggested Donald Trump was "living in a disinformation space" created by Russia.

As Europeans talked the possibility of contributing peacekeepers to back any Ukraine peace deal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also said in Riyadh that Moscow would not accept the deployment of NATO troops there,

Amid talks with the United States in Riyadh on Tuesday, Russia demanded NATO scrap its 2008 promise to one day give Ukraine membership of the U.S.-led alliance and dismissed the i

Today’s negotiations in Riyadh mark a dramatic shift in U.S. policy from the Joe Biden administration, which joined NATO allies in seeking to isolate Moscow economically and diplomatically. Ahead of today’s meeting,

Speaking during a visit to Turkiye, Lavrov stated that the peace talks should include an "ironclad" agreement that Ukraine will not join NATO. At the same time, Russia "will not be satisfied" with the option of "peace at once,

US and Russian diplomats are likely to meet next week in a follow up to the Riyadh talks between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the US secretary of State Marco Rubio, reported Russian News agency TASS.

Russia is open for economic cooperation with the U.S., President Vladimir Putin' new special envoy on international economic cooperation said in response to President Donald Trump's call for "major economic development transactions with Russia".

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh, but Ukraine has not been invited.

Officials feasted on lamb and knafeh cheesecake with US representatives while Ukraine was frozen out of negotiations

Ukrainian president also rules out US-Ukraine minerals deal if it meant repaying Washington for military aid already provided under Biden