President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is the reason why the war has dragged on. His comment comes ahead of a crucial visit to Saudi Arabia — where he will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before highly-anticipated talks with the US — to discuss a framework for ending the war. Top US diplomat Marco Rubio will be leading the US delegation, while President Donald Trump will not be present. Time is ticking for Ukraine as it loses ground on the battlefront. Russian forces have advanced further in the Kursk region, which Ukrainian troops seized last year. Ross Cullen reports from Kyiv.
