Ukraine has agreed to the terms of a 30 day ceasefire, and President Trump has invited Volodymyr Zelensky back to the White House.
The development comes after Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia this week, engaging in several hours of negotiations
“Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation,” the U.S. and Ukraine said in a joint statement released by the State Department.
The U.S. will also “immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine.”
“The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace,” the statement added.
In comments to the media, President Trump said he expects to speak to Vladimir Putin later this week and hopes Moscow will also agree to the terms.
“Ceasefire… Ukraine has agreed to it, and hopefully Russia will agree to it,” Trump said, adding he expects it to take effect “over the next few days” but that it “takes two to tango,” referring to Putin.
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