UKRAINE SAYS THEY ARE READY TO ACCEPT CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL AND NEGOTIATIONS

UKRAINE SAYS THEY ARE READY TO ACCEPT CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL AND NEGOTIATIONS – The United States agreed to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine 

The United States agreed to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine immediately after talks in Saudi Arabia in which Kyiv voiced readiness to accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia, the countries said in a joint statement.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would now take the offer to the Russians, and that the ball is now in Moscow’s court. “The President wanted this war to end yesterday. So our hope is that the Russians will answer ‘yes’ as quickly as possible,” Rubio told reporters, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump, after the statement was issued.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was in Saudi Arabia but did not participate in the talks, said the ceasefire was a “positive proposal,” that covers the frontline in the conflict, not just fighting by air and sea.

The two sides also said Washington and Kyiv agreed to conclude as soon as possible a comprehensive agreement for developing Ukraine’s critical mineral resources, a deal that has been in the works for weeks and was thrown into limbo by an acrimonious White House meeting between Trump and Zelenskiy last week.

Zelenskiy said the two countries would work to finalize the minerals agreement.