ReutersUkraine has said that after a day’s talks between the two countries in Saudi Arabia, the United States is ready to immediately accept a 30 -day ceasefire with Russia.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would present to Russia and that “the ball is in his court”.
Ukrainian President Wolodomer Zelannsky said it is now up to the United States to persuade Russia to agree to a “positive” proposal.
The first official meeting of Tuesday was the first official meeting of Tuesday in Jeddah following an extraordinary confrontation between Zelinski and US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office.
In a joint statement, the United States also said it would immediately resume intelligence sharing and security assistance to Ukraine, which Washington had suspended after an extraordinary meeting.
The US Ukrainian statement said that “the two delegations agreed to name their negotiating teams and immediately began negotiations towards a sustainable peace, which provides Ukraine’s long -term security.”
Rubio told a press conference in Jeddah late Tuesday that he hoped Russia would accept the proposal.
“Ukraine” was ready to stop and talk, “he said,” he said, and if Russia rejected the offer, “he said,” We will unfortunately know that there is a hindrance to peace “.
“Today, we have made an offer that Ukraine has accepted, which is to enter the ceasefire and immediate talks,” he said.
He added, “We will now take this offer to the Russians and we hope they will say yes to peace. The ball is now in their court.”
The 30 -day ceasefire offer is beyond Zilnski’s proposal for partial reconciliation in the sea and the sky.
Russia attacked the country in February 2022. Moscow currently controls about 20 % of Ukraine’s territory.
When a reporter was asked if the move meant Trump and Zilnsky’s relationship was “withdrawn”, Rubio said he hoped it was “peace” that was on track.
“This does not mean girls, this is not an incident of some television show,” he said.
“Today, people will die in this war, they died tomorrow and – sadly – unless there is a ceasefire, they will die tomorrow.”
US and Ukrainian teams met after drone strikes overnight Killed at least three people in Moscow – Russia said that Ukraine has rejected the use of diplomacy to end the war.
The joint statement states that Trump and Zillski have also agreed to finalize an important mineral agreement “as soon as possible”.
Ukraine has offered to give the United States access to its rare Aarth mineral reserves in exchange for US security guarantee – but it dropped off the White House line.
Rubio said the deal was not the subject of Tuesday negotiations, but was discussed with Ukraine and the US Treasury.
The US delegation in Jeddah also included US National Security Advisor Mike Walts and the Middle East envoy Steve Watkov, according to the BBC’s US colleague CBS, traveling to Russia in the coming days, citing a planned person.
The pursuit of the rapid end of the war in Ukraine has been an important promise for the US president.
He has increased the growing pressure to accept ceasefire on Zilnski, without offering immediate security guarantees by the Ukrainian president.
On Friday, Trump issued a rare threat to further sanctions against Moscow. The United States has already approved Russia about the war.
Trump said he was considering the move Because “Russia is just ‘shelling’ Ukraine on the battlefield”.
Meanwhile, the war continued on Tuesday.
Three people were killed in the Moscow area The drone was the largest attack on the Russian capital after the beginning of a complete scale war in Ukraine.
Health officials told Russian media that 18 more were injured.
The Russian Defense Ministry said 337 drones were stopped on Russia and 91 of them were shot in the Moscow area.
Ukrainian officials reported Russian drone strikes on the capital Kiev and several other areas.
Ukrainian Air Force said it had shot 79 out of 126 drones launched by Russia as well as scandal-MM ballistic missiles.
It was not immediately clear whether there was any casualties.
