U.S. and Ukrainian officials were to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks aimed at mending ties and gauging if Ukraine is willing to make concessions. Washington, Ukraine’s main ally before Trump’s inauguration in January, has upended its policy on the conflict to pursue a rapid end to the fighting. Trump has engaged directly with Moscow, stopped military assistance to Kyiv and paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, which Russian troops invaded at scale in 2022. A stunning White House clash last month between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy deeply soured relations. That left in limbo a minerals deal that Trump framed as key to continued U.S support and compensation for some $65 billion in military aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded three years ago. \”You’re not going to get a ceasefire and an end to this war unless both sides make concessions,\” Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Monday en route to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the talks.