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U.S. officials will hold indirect talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, shuttling between Ukrainian and Russian delegations to negotiate a temporary ceasefire.The conversation will include getting both sides to not target energy infrastructure, while pushing for a maritime ceasefire over the Black Sea and restarting trade in the region. Trump administration officials hope the talks will lead to an end in fighting on front lines, and eventually, the more than three-year-long war."President Trump is my boss, and I adhere to that fact that the agenda is to stop the killing, stop the carnage, and let's end this thing," Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, said in an interview Sunday. "You can't end things without communicating with both sides, understanding what each of them need and then trying to bring them together."Ongoing talks to reach a basic ceasefire have proven fairly difficult. Fighting between Ukraine and Russia has continued, including Russian drone strikes that killed seven people across Ukraine overnight Sunday, according to Ukrainian officials. Both sides appear to be on different pages over what it means to not target each other's energy infrastructure. Ukraine wants railways and ports to be protected, while Russian President Vladimir Putin rebuffed Trump's push for a month-long ceasefire, demanding a more narrow definition of energy infrastructure while stopping foreign aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.While the temporary ceasefire is being worked out, more than 30 European countries are figuring out a plan for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine.