Speaking in Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said leaders had deemed it was "necessary to resume dialogue on all issues that can be resolved."

It comes after the Ukrainian president suggested Donald Trump was "living in a disinformation space" created by Russia.

Rubio offered his assessment after he and other key U.S. officials met for more than four hours in Saudi Arabia with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his aides in a first effort toward ending the war and improving the contentious Washington-Moscow relationship.

Senior officials from Russia and the U.S. met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to begin talks on improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. Delegations led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met at the Diriyah Palace in Riyadh.

Senior Russian and U.S. officials met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss improving relations and an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine – without representatives from Kyiv. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov led the delegations that met at the Diriyah Palace in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he cancelled visit to Saudi Arabia but will welcome US delegation in Kyiv this week.

The U.S. Secretary of State's comments came after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the pair were discussing the possibility of an end to the war in Ukraine - without representatives from Kyiv present.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Riyadh on Tuesday as part of meetings between top Russian and U.S. officials in a bid to improve their ties and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov leads the Russian delegation meeting US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for talks on the Ukraine war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country will not take part in the talks since it was not invited.

The talks between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, concluded with Rubio confirming that the nations would reopen missions in Washington and Moscow.

Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine as part of any peace deal, its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says after talks with the US in Saudi Arabia. On Monday, UK PM Keir Starme

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Riyadh to discuss a potential settlement to the nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine, despite the absence of Ukrainian officials.