After negotiations with the Trump administration’s proposal for a 30 -day ceasefire with Russia, it was not until the delegation from Kiev was flying home until it received the news that it was most anxious to hear: US military aid was once again flowing.
“I just say that there is no better reward other than learning for such a crazy day, while already sitting in the plane, a short dry confirmation” that military aid was resumed, Ukrainian Foreign Minister spokesman, Gosha Takhai, Written on social media After talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia.
The resumption of US weapons supply and intelligence sharing was a result of a meeting in the coastal city of Jeddah on Tuesday. Ukraine was another thing to agree on the firefire proposal-but only if Russia agreed to do so.
Although Ukrainian residents were in doubt that Russia would accept a ceasefire proposal, criticism of US aid was widely seen as a positive development that could help improve the torn relationship between Kiev and Washington.
“I want to thank President Trump for the constructive nature of the dialogue between my teams,” Ukrainian President Wolodmeir Zillsky said in his night address to the nation.
The sudden decline in support came after the rising tension of weeks as the White House appears to be more closely connecting itself with the Kremlin while increasing pressure on its ally.
Ever since, Ukraine has tried to smooth relations with the Trump administration. A Ukrainian official with the delegation said that French and British officials coached the Ukrainian delegation ahead of talks in Jeddah.
Mr Tikhi said an important challenge for the Ukrainian delegation was “overcoming emotions” before the meeting. After the talks began on Tuesday, the Oval Office defeat also played a role in determining “affecting the boundaries of the place for compromises and the negotiation positions”.
There were more than eight hours of discussions to reach an agreement.
“This is in the last hours of the end, when fatigue is already visible, that a way to get out of a halt and even a difficult compromise has suddenly become possible,” he said.
At the end of the meetings, Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio said Russia was now burdened to end the war.
“Now the ball is in their court,” he said.
In his speech to the nation, Mr. Zillski echoed this sentiment. “Russia will also have to show whether it is ready to end the war or it has to continue,” he said. “The time has come for the whole truth.”
Mr Zilnsky said that if Russia agrees with a ceasefire, the challenge would be to tolerate peace.
The Kremlin has not said whether he will agree with a 30 -day ceasefire. But Ukraine’s doubts have been informed by history: Russia violated the last two ceasefire, arrived in 2014 and 2015, and refused to attack a few days before doing so in 2022.
“In my opinion, this will be the same as before, when he introduced a ceasefire,” said Olexander Konko, a soldier fighting in eastern Ukraine. “We are following it, the enemy does not. And it is difficult to imagine and predict how it will be, in fact.
And for the Ukraine residents, who are deceived by the recent actions of the Trump administration, feared that the United States might not be an honest broker.
“I have no hope that the United States has not fully moved to Russia,” said 31 -year -old Yulia Podki Shefta, 31 -year -old Yulia Podki Shefta in western Ukraine.
Each, Ms. Padkadi Shefta said, 30 days after a three -year -old bombing, you can use 30 days to “breathe and see the light”. But she does not think that the rest will remain.
He said, “This will be about the next round of struggle.
Lobov Sholodco Reporting was contributed.
