What agreements were reached as a result of the US-Ukraine talks
Ukraine has said it is ready to accept a US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in its war with Russia, prompting Washington to agree to resume military assistance to Kyiv, Financial Times reports.
The proposed ceasefire, which would still need to be agreed by Russia, was announced in a joint statement that capped several hours of talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.
Washington said it would immediately restore deliveries of weapons and ammunition and end its suspension of intelligence-sharing, which Kyiv feared would seriously hamper its ability to detect and hit targets beyond the battlefield.
US President Donald Trump said he hoped Russia would agree to the ceasefire, and that he planned to speak to Vladimir Putin.
“Ukraine has agreed to it, and hopefully Russia will agree to it,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.
Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said Moscow did “not exclude contacts with US representatives in the next few days”, according to state newswire Tass.
The ceasefire, which could be extended with the agreement of both parties, would go beyond the partial truce suggested by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the crucial meeting with US officials in Jeddah. That proposal was only intended to apply to long-range drone and missile strikes as well as military activities in the Black Sea.
Tuesday’s ceasefire plan comes hours after Russian officials reported the biggest drone attack on Moscow by Ukraine since its full-scale invasion in February 2022, with more than 90 drones targeting the capital and 343 downed in total across the country.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio, who led the US team, said: “Before you can negotiate, you have to stop shooting at each other.”
On Telegram, Zelenskyy said the US had proposed a “complete ceasefire for 30 days, not only regarding 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,” he wrote.
“The US must convince Russia to do this,” he added.
US national security adviser Mike Waltz, who also took part in the Jeddah negotiations, said the two sides had discussed “substantive details” on how the war would permanently end.
This included “what guarantees they’re going to have for their long-term security and prosperity, but also really looking at what it’s going to take to finally end this”, Waltz added.
He said Trump would “immediately” lift the US pause on aid and security assistance. Waltz added he planned to speak to his Russian counterpart “in the coming days”.
