Ukraine has accepted Donald Trump’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, following crunch talks in Saudi Arabia. The US has agreed to lift its pause on intelligence sharing and “security assistance” as part of the agreement. The talks in Jeddah were aimed at repairing the relationship between Kyiv and Washington after the disastrous White House meeting between President Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky last month.
The Trump administration subsequently suspended intelligence sharing and military aid with Ukraine in order to pressure Zelensky to enter talks to end the war with Vladimir Putin’s invading forces. The talks in Saudi Arabia produced a commitment that the US would renew intelligence and “security support”. On Wednesday it emerged that UK officials, including a Downing Street fixer, were reportedly “intimately involved” in brokering the talks.
Below we look at everything we know about the ceasefire deal so far. Mr Zelensky sent his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, to meet with Mr Trump's secretary of state, Marco Rubio, in the hope of mending bridges following the leaders’ clash during their chaotic Oval Office meeting last month. White House special envoy Steve Witkoff also attended the talks, and is due to head to Moscow this week to meet with Vladimir Putin.
While Mr Zelensky was in Saudi Arabia to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman he did not attend the talks himself. After eight hours of discussions on Tuesday, the two countries releas.