U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio sit down with Saudi and Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday.
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The United States will resume sending military aid and intelligence to Ukraine after Ukraine agreed to a Trump administration proposal for a monthlong ceasefire, the U.S. and Ukraine said after talks in Saudi Arabia Tuesday.
It was the first high-level meeting between Ukraine and the U.S. since the Trump administration froze military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine in the wake of a televised blowup between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office in late February.
In a joint statement, both governments said Tuesday’s talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, marked “important steps toward restoring durable peace for Ukraine.” It comes more than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“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, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation,” a joint statement from the U.S. and Ukraine said, adding that the U.S. would notify Moscow.
“The United States will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine,” the statement said.
The Jeddah talks took place after Ukraine and Russia launched large drone strikes on each other’s territory.
This is a developing story that will be updated.