The Black Sea ceasefire was discussed in Saudi Arabia during parallel US talks with Ukrainian and Russian officials. Despite Russia entering those talks saying its main objective was to broker such a truce, Kyiv said it was effective immediately once the talks concluded, while Russia sought to impose further conditions on the agreement.

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff flew to Russia on Friday for talks with President Vladimir Putin about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine, the Kremlin said, saying the two men might also discuss a Trump-Putin meeting.