President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine's position in Tuesday's talks in Saudi Arabia with U.S. officials will be "fully constructive" and that he hopes for practical outcomes from the negotiations on ending the Russian war in his country.

The US's top diplomat has said that he sees promise in Ukraine's proposal for a partial ceasefire to end the war with Russia, ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia between US and Ukrainian officials later on Tuesday.

The prospects for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine "is in Moscow's hands," a top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following talks with the U.S.