Ukraine agrees to an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia
The United States and Ukraine said in a joint statement after their meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that Washington will immediately lift pause on intelligence sharing with Kyiv.
IRNA- The United States will immediately lift a pause on intelligence sharing and resume providing security assistance to Ukraine after delegates from Kyiv agreed to accept the Trump administration's proposal for a 30-day interim ceasefire with Russia.
According to a joint statement issued after meetings in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties.
"The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace,” it said.
The two sides also agreed to conclude a rare minerals deal “as soon as possible” to expand Ukraine’s economy and guarantee the country’s long-term security.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has looked for support in Saudi Arabia after his dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting in the U.S. last month.
Saudi Arabia has played a role as a mediator in Ukraine-Russia war by facilitating prisoner exchanges and hosting peace talks between Washington and Moscow, as the upcoming U.S.-Ukraine meeting marks the first formal session since the White House blowup.
The Ukrainian delegation, which does not include Zelensky, was meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz. Both Rubio and Waltz attended direct talks with Russia last month.
Speaking before the meeting, Rubio said the U.S. wanted to get more details on Kyiv’s position and what possible concessions Ukraine would be willing to make, adding that the U.S. was “in listening mode".
Many of Ukraine’s Western allies have backed Kyiv on this point, but the Trump administration has so far refused to make any concrete commitments.
According to the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based conflict monitor, Russia currently occupies about 99% of the Luhansk region and 70% of the Donetsk region, as well as roughly 75% of both the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
