
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
CNN
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A senior Ukrainian official said a new round of talks with the United States got off to a constructive start, a huge relief for Kyiv after the extraordinarily public blowup between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky less than two weeks ago.
Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak, who is representing Ukraine at the talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said Tuesday that “the meeting with the US team started very constructively.”
“We are working to bring about a just and lasting peace,” he added.
The Ukrainian delegation, which does not include Zelensky, was meeting with US Secretary…