JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Ukraine said it would support a Trump administration proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, an announcement that followed hours of meetings Tuesday in Saudi Arabia where the United States agreed to immediately lift a pause on intelligence sharing with Ukraine and resume military assistance to the nation.
The talks in the coastal city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, brought new momentum to ceasefire negotiations that had faltered after a public confrontation at the White House between the Ukrainian and U.S. presidents.
The Trump administration had suspended all military aid and intelligence sharing in the aftermath of that combative meeting in Washington.
The announcements Tuesday, in a joint statement, came hours after Russian officials said Ukrainian drones had targeted Moscow in the largest attack of the war on the Russian capital.
In the statement, the United States and Ukraine acknowledged that the terms of any ceasefire would be subject to Russia’s approval. There was no immediate comment on the ceasefire discussion from Moscow, which had no officials at the talks.
“Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire” if Russia did the same, the statement said. It added: “The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace.”
After the meetings, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the agreement now puts pressure on Russia to end the war.
“We’ll take this offer now to the Russians, and we hope that they’ll say yes, that they’ll say yes to peace,” Rubio said. “The ball is now in their court.”
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