Washington DC/IBNS, Feb. 18 -- Russia and the United States will name teams, who will negotiate how to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, Washington DC said as the superpowers met on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia.

However, Kyiv and the European Union were not present in the meeting.

No specific details emerged from the Riyadh gathering on whether a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is on the cards.

Some European leaders, alarmed by Trump's overhaul of US policy on Russia, fear Washington DC will make serious concessions to Moscow and re-write the continent's security arrangement in a Cold War-style deal between superpowers, NDTV reported.

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Serge...