Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to meet with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ahead of talks later this week with a US negotiating team send by President Donald Trump. The aim of those talks in Jeddah will be to discuss the timing and scope of a possible initial ceasefire with Russia,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia to visit the oil-rich kingdom's crown prince ahead of his official meeting with America's top diplomat and others. Saudi state television reported Zelenskyy's arrival Monday in Jeddah,

NBC News Chief International Correspondent Keir Simmons reports from Saudi Arabia ahead of the meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, headed to Saudi Arabia for talks, said without giving details that both Kyiv and Moscow would need to make concessions.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio is also en route to Saudi Arabia but is not due to meet the Ukrainian president.

Kyiv officials will meet their Washington counterparts in Jeddah on March 11 for talks which will impact the future of diplomatic relations between the two countries and likely the future of the war in Ukraine.

Saudi Arabia is set to host talks Tuesday between the United States and Ukraine after an argument erupted during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Feb. 28 visit to the White House.

The secretary of state is facing growing pressure to make progress on some of President Trump's key foreign policy goals this week.