The US Secretary of State, Mark Rubiocontacted the phone yesterday with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrovand “discussed the next steps” in talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, as announced by the State Department.

The two ministers “discussed the next steps after recent meetings in Saudi Arabia and agreed to continue working to restore communication between the US and Russia”said Tami Bruce, a spokesman for the US Foreign Ministry. He added that Rubio also informed Lavrov about the US attacks on Houtha in Yemen.

The State Department has not announced when the next round of US-Russia talks will be held under the auspices of Saudi Arabia.

Despite tensions preceded by US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, Kiev accepted Washington’s proposal for a 30 -day unconditional ceasefire, as Moscow stopped her attacks.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed reservations and raised terms, listing issues that need to be clarified, taking care not to completely reject the Trump initiative.

Last Saturday, during a teleconference organized by British Prime Minister Kir Starmer with about 25 leaders of states and organizations supporting Ukraine, the so -called “alliance of willing” decided to exert “collective pressure” in Russia in order to oblige it.

“The ball is on the Russian stadium,” which “sooner or later should get involved in serious talks,” said British Prime Minister Kir Starmer, who thinks Putin “is trying to get stuck” to continue the war.