Ukraine said that she was ready to accept an American proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in her war with Russia, encouraging Washington to agree to resume military aid to kyiv.
The proposed ceasefire, which should still be agreed by Russia, has been announced in a joint declaration which has capped several hours Interviews between American and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.
Washington said that he would immediately restore the deliveries of arms and ammunition and would end his suspension of intelligence sharing, which kyiv feared seriously hindering his ability to detect and reach targets beyond the battlefield.
US President Donald Trump said that he hoped that Russia would accept the ceasefire and plan to speak with Vladimir Putin.
“Ukraine accepted it and hope Russia will accept,” Trump told journalists outside the White House.
Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Moscow had “not excluded contacts with American representatives in the coming days,” TASS Newswire state.
The ceasefire, which could be extended to the agreement of the two parties, would go beyond the partial break suggested by the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the crucial meeting with the American officials of Djeddah. This proposal was only intended to apply to the strikes of long -range drones and missiles as well as military activities in the Black Sea.
Tuesday’s ceasefire plan comes a few hours after Russian officials reported the largest drone attack on Moscow by Ukraine since Its large -scale invasion In February 2022, with more than 90 drones targeting the capital and 343 slaughtered in total across the country.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who managed the American team, said: “Before you can negotiate, you have to stop shooting.”
On Telegram, Zelenskyy said that the United States had proposed a “complete ceasefire for 30 days, not only with regard to missiles, drones and bombs, not only in the Black Sea, but also on the entire front line”.
“Ukraine accepts this proposal, we consider it positive, we are ready to take such a step,” he wrote.
“The United States must convince Russia to do so,” he added.
US National Security Councilor Mike Waltz, who also participated in Jeddah negotiations, said the two parties had discussed “substantial details” on how the war ended permanently.
This understood “which guarantees that they will have for their long -term safety and prosperity, but also really by looking at what it will take to put an end to this,” added Waltz.
He said Trump would “immediately” random the American break on assistance and security aid. Waltz added that he planned to speak with his Russian counterpart “in the coming days”.
Zelenskyy had long rejected a cessation of hostilities without arrangements for surveillance and application and security guarantee to dissuade another Russian attack, with regard to the container that Moscow would exploit.
But his resistance angry Washington, leading to a spectacular explosion from Trump to the White House on February 28, followed by the suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing.
Zelenskyy sought to repair relations by offering a cessation of drone, missiles and air strikes and a break from all maritime operations. European officials said that such partial truce would be easier to monitor and apply.
A senior Ukrainian official told Jeddah’s Financial Times that kyiv “agreed with the ceasefire”, who now puts the ball at the Moscow courtyard.
“The question is Russia – what are they ready for?” They added.
Rubio said the United States hopes that “Russia will say yes”, so that “discussions can begin to finish this war permanently in an acceptable and lasting way for both sides”.
The Ukrainian official said delegations had discussed the Joint extraction offer of minerals This had to be signed in Washington, but was postponed after the acrimonious talks between Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval office.
“When [Washington is] ready [to sign the deal] “We are ready,” said the manager.
When asked if Zelenskyy would be invited to the White House, Trump added: “Of course, absolutely.”
Another Ukrainian official involved in negotiations on the mineral agreement said that no amendment had been brought since the FT pointed out for the first time an agreement had been concluded by both parties.
However, the official said that new negotiations would take place when drafting the structure of the investment fund under the first agreement.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Keir Starmer, one of the main players in Europe in the conflict, helping to repair relations between Zelenskyy and Trump, described Ukraine’s American discussions “an important moment for peace in Ukraine”. He added: “We now all need to redouble our efforts to reach a lasting and guaranteed peace as soon as possible”.
EU management said it had “welcomed” the results of the Jeddah.
“This is a positive development which can be a step towards a complete, fair and lasting peace for Ukraine. The ball is now at the Russian Court, “said Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and António Costa, president of the European Council, in a joint statement. “The EU is ready to play its share, with its partners, in the next peace negotiations.”
Additional report by Christopher Miller in New York, Max Seddon in Berlin and Henry Foy in Brussels
