Ukraine Accepts US-Brokered Ceasefire Plan in Deal for Aid

The US will now take the proposal to Russia's President Vladimir Putin to seek his agreement

- Bloomberg

Ukraine accepted a US proposal for a 30-day truce with Russia as part of a deal with the Trump administration to lift its freeze on military aid and intelligence for Kyiv.

The agreement laid out in a joint statement follows eight hours of talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that raised the possibility of a pause of hostilities in Russia's three-year war that's ravaged Ukraine.

The US will now take the proposal to Russia's President Vladimir Putin to seek his agreement. "Hopefully President Putin will agree to that also, and we can get this show on the road," President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House. "It takes two to tango."

Trump said US officials will speak to their Russian counterparts on Wednesday and that it's possible he'll talk to Putin this week.

In Jeddah, where the talks took place, US national security advisor Mike Waltz told reporters that the Ukrainian delegation "made concrete steps and concrete proposals, not only accepting our proposal for a full ceasefire. We also got into substantive details on how this war is going to permanently end, what type of guarantees they're going to have for their long-term security and prosperity, but also really looking at what it's going to take to finally end the horrific fighting."