Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after negotiations with the United States.
Late last month Trump abruptly ended his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a blow-up in the Oval Office.
A defiant and ungrateful Zelensky was told to leave the White House and not come back until he’s ready for peace talks.
.@VP: “Do you think that it’s respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?”@POTUS: “You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards … You’re… pic.twitter.com/iTYyAmfuCJ
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Following the Oval Office blow-up, President Trump paused all military aid to Ukraine after Zelensky suggested the war with Russia would last a long time.
The pause halted all military aid that was currently in transit to Ukraine.
President Trump also stopped sharing critical intelligence with Ukraine until Zelensky moved toward a peace plan with Russia.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia this week and after several hours of negotiations, Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire.
In a statement, the US said it “will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine.”
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CBS News reported:
Ukraine said it would accept a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after talks with the U.S. in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending the fighting on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the U.S. and Ukraine.
The agreement came after more than eight hours of negotiations between Ukrainian officials and a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
“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 United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace.”
