Countries will accept the US proposal for a 30 -day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia. Joint
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States will now take the offer to Russia, and that the ball is in Moscow court.
“The president wanted the war to end tomorrow … so our hope is that the Russians will respond to ‘yes’ as soon as possible, so we can reach the second stage, which is real negotiations,” Rubio quoted US President Donald Trump after more than eight hours in Jeddah.
The Kremlin attacked Ukraine three years ago, and Russia, which is developing, is now a fifth of the Ukraine region, including Crimea, which it affiliated in 2014.
Rubio said Washington wanted a full deal with both Russia and Ukraine “as soon as possible.”
“Every day, this war continues, people die, people are bombed, people suffer from both sides of the conflict,” he said.
It was far from how Moscow would respond.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is open to discuss the peace deal. But he has rejected regional privileges, saying that Ukraine should fully withdraw from four regions of Ukraine, claimed and partially -controlled by Russia.
Ukrainian President Wolodmeir Zelannsky, who was in Saudi Arabia but did not participate in the talks, said the ceasefire was a “positive proposal”, which covers the front in the conflict, not only the wind and the sea fighting.
In Saudi Arabia, the United States and Ukraine also said they agreed to make a comprehensive agreement for the development of Ukraine’s major mineral resources, the agreement, which has been going on for weeks, and a great meeting of the White House between the Republican US President and Zilnski last week.
A senior Zilnski assistant said that Ukraine was discussed with US officials about security guarantee powers. The assistant did not give details of the powers. Security guarantees have been one of Kiev’s key goals, and some European countries have agreed to send peace.
Rubio said the project would be delivered to the Russians through several channels. Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, told reporters that he would talk to his Russian counterpart in the coming days.
In a joint statement, Ukraine reiterated that European partners should join the peace process. NATO Secretary General Mark Bread will be in the White House on Thursday.
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Under Trump, Kiev’s one -time strict ally Washington has promoted his policy on the war and put pressure on Ukraine.
Waltz said the initial recovery of military aid to Ukraine would include goods from US reservoirs. This was stopped by former US President Joe Biden, using the so -called presidential drowning authority, before leaving office, and after a strong White House meeting.
When diplomacy begins, Ukraine’s battlefield positions, especially in Russia, have a lot of pressure in the region, where Moscow forces have emphasized to withdraw Kiev’s troops, trying to keep a patch of land as a chip of bargaining.
Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow and its surrounding region overnight, showing that Kiev could run very fast after a stable series of Russian missiles and drone strikes, one of which 14 people were killed on Saturday.
Russian officials said the attack was dropped over 337 drones over Russia, killing at least three of the meat warehouse employees and shutting down short at four Moscow airports.
Ukraine said its drones targeted a facility in the oil refinery and the Orul region of Russia near Moscow, while Hungary said crude oil delivery has been suspended through Russia’s Druzba pipeline after the attack.
US and Russian officials met in an extraordinary confrontation between former enemies of the Cold War in the Saudi capital in February. Biden, Trump’s Democratic Praise, had widely focused on these debates on the restoration of relations after nearly the government’s relations.
