U.S. and Ukraine Discuss a 30-Day Cease-Fire: What to Know
Ukraine said it would support a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Russia after talks in Saudi Arabia, as the United States agreed to immediately lift its pause on intelligence sharing and military assistance to Ukraine.
The announcement on Tuesday gave new momentum to efforts to halt the fighting. The United States and its allies said the onus was now on Russia to end the war.
What happened in Saudi Arabia?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Michael Waltz, the U.S. national security adviser, sat down in the city of Jeddah with a delegation led by Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
After more than eight hours of talks, the United States and Ukraine issued a joint statement saying that Kyiv would support the Trump administration's proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Russia, subject to Russia's approval. The United States said it would resume providing military aid and intelligence to Ukraine, which it had suspended after an explosive U.S.-Ukraine meeting at the White House.
The United States and Ukraine also agreed to conclude 'as soon as possible' a deal to develop Ukraine's critical mineral resources.
Ukraine holds
territory in Russia's
Kursk region.
BELARUS
RUSSIA
Kyiv
Russia claims
four regions it
does not fully
control.
UKRAINE
MOLD.
Area controlled
by Russia
ROMANIA
Russia seized
Crimea in 2014.
RUSSIA
BELARUS
Ukraine holds
territory in Russia's
Kursk region.
Russia claims
four regions it
does not fully
control.
POLAND
Lviv
Kyiv
Kharkiv
LUHANSK
UKRAINE
Dnipro
MOLDOVA
DONETSK
ZAPORIZHZHIA
Odesa
Area controlled
by Russia
KHERSON
ROMANIA
CRIMEA
Russia seized
Crimea in 2014.
Source: Institute for the Study of War with American Enterprise Institute's Critical Threats Project
By Samuel Granados
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