Ukraine has said she is ready to accept a US proposal for a 30-day immediate ceasefire in her fight with Russia, causing Washington to accept military aid to Kyiv.
The proposed ceasefire, which would still have to agree from Russia, was announced in a joint statement that ended several hours of talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.
Washington said he would immediately reset the deliveries of weapons and ammunition and end his suspension of intelligence sharing, from which Kyiv feared he would seriously hinder his ability to discover and hit objectives beyond the battlefield.
US President Donald Trump said he hoped Russia would agree with the ceasefire.
“Ukraine has agreed to her, and hopefully Russia will agree with her,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.
Maria Zakharova, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Moscow “did not exclude contact with US representatives within the next days”, according to Newswire Tass.
The weapon bear, which may extend to the agreement of both parties, would go beyond the partial ceasefire suggested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the essential meeting with US officials in Jeddah. This proposal was intended to apply only to long -range drones and missile strikes, as well as military activities in the Black Sea.
Tuesday’s ceasefire comes hours after Russian officials reported the largest drone attack in Moscow by Ukraine since its full -scale occupation in February 2022, with more than 90 drones targeting capital and 343 overthrown across the country.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who led the US team, said: “Before you can negotiate, you have to stop shooting with each other.”
In the telegram, Zelenskyy said the US had proposed a “full ceasefire for 30 days, not just about missiles, drones and bombs, not only in the Black Sea, but also along the entire front line”.
“Ukraine accepts this proposal, we consider it positive, we are ready to take such a step,” the Ukrainian President wrote.
“The US has to persuade Russia to do so,” he added.
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who also participated in Jeddah’s negotiations, said both parties had discussed “essential details” how the war would end forever.
This included “what guarantees they will have for their long -term security and prosperity, but also looking at what it will take to finally finish this,” Waltz added.
He said Trump “Immediately” will remove the US pause for assistance and security assistance. Waltz added that he planned to talk to his Russian counterpart “in the coming days.”
Zelenskyy had long been pushed against the cessation of hostilities without arrangements for monitoring and implementation and security guarantees to prevent a further Russian attack on it as a Phoney agreement that Moscow would use.
But his resistance angered Washington, culminating in a spectacular noise with Trump at the White House on February 28, followed by the suspension of military aid and the division of intelligence.
Zelenskyy tried to collect relationships by proposing a break of drone, missile and air attacks and a pause for all naval operations. European officials said such a partial ceasefire would be easier to monitor and implement.
A senior Ukrainian official told Financial Times from Jeddah that this was “okay with the ceasefire”, which now put the ball in the Moscow court.
“The question is Russia – what are they ready for?” They added.
Rubio said the US hopes that “Russia means yes”, so that “talks start how to end this war forever in a way that is acceptable and stable for both parties”.
The Ukrainian official said the delegations discussed the agreement on the issuance of common minerals that was intended to sign in Washington, but was postponed after the acrimonial talks between Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.
“When (Washington is) ready (to sign the deal) – we are ready,” the official said.
Asked if Zelenskyy will be invited back to the White House, Trump added: “Of course, absolutely.”
Another Ukrainian official involved in negotiations on the mineral agreement said that no change had been made since FT reported for the first time that an agreement had been reached by both parties.
However, the official said further negotiations would occur when drafting the investment fund structure under the first agreement.
The EU leadership said he “welcomed” the results of Jeddah’s talks.
“This is a positive development that can be a step towards a comprehensive, fair and sustainable peace for Ukraine. The ball is now in Russia’s Court,” Ursula von Leyen, President of the European Commission and António Costa, President of the European Council, said in a joint statement. “The EU is ready to play its full part, along with its partners, in future peace negotiations.”
Additional reporting by Christopher Miller in New York, Max Seddon in Berlin and Henry Foy in Brussels
