US-Russia talks on Ukraine likely to continue but nothing yet planned – Kremlin

Firefighters put out a blaze following a Russian attack on Sumy, Ukraine (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Further contacts between US and Russian officials on achieving a proposed ceasefire in Ukraineare likely to follow a round of talks on Monday, a Kremlin official said on Tuesday, but no concrete plans have yet been made.

The American and Russian negotiators held talks throughout the day on Monday in the capital of Saudi Arabia to hammer out details on a partial pause in the war in Ukraine, a day after US officials held separate talks in Riyadh with a team from Kyiv.