Ukraine

NPR -  The United States' and Ukraine's delegations have begun conversations in Saudi Arabia to try to achieve a ceasefire in Russia’s war with Ukraine. The Ukrainian defense minister said the discussion was productive. The U.S. will meet with Russia next. People in Kyiv don’t believe Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to stop the war, and NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley tells Up First that the proof is all around them. Russia launched one of its biggest drone attacks yet over the Ukrainian capital over the weekend. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing for a broadened ceasefire deal to include other infrastructure besides energy. Russia is expected to ask Ukraine to surrender territory that Russia’s army doesn’t fully control. Russia also wants an end to all military aid to Ukraine from the West.