The prince wants Saudi Arabia to be a middleman in peace talks. Ukraine’s leader said they’d discussed “steps and conditions needed to end the war.”

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman ahead of talks between Ukrainian and US officials, which Washington hopes will deliver substantial progress towards ending Russia’s war with Ukraine.

Zelenskiy and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio have been visiting the kingdom since Monday with Ukrainian and U.S. officials set to meet for crunch talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to find a path towards ending the war.