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Ukraine said it was ready to accept an American immediate shooting suggestion for 30 days in its war with Russia, prompting Washington to agree to resume military assistance in Kiev.

The proposed ceasefire, which will still need to agree by Russia, was announced in a joint statement crowned several hours of talks between us and Ukrainian officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Washington said that it will immediately restore the delivery of weapons and ammunition and end its suspension to exchange information, which Kiev fears that he will seriously hinder him his ability to discover goals and hit them outside the battlefield.

The ceasefire, which can be extended with the approval of both parties, will exceed the partial armistice proposed by Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelinski in the days before the decisive meeting with American officials in Jeddah.

This suggestion was only aimed at applying for long -term drones in addition to military activities in the Black Sea.

The ceasefire plan comes on Tuesday after hours of reporting officials in Moscow about the largest unmanned attack on the capital by Ukraine since Russia’s full invasion in 2022, with more than 90 drones targeting the city and 343 that were shot down throughout the country.

“Before you can negotiate, you have to stop shooting each other,” said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who led the American team.

In Telegram, Zelenskyy said that the United States suggested “a full 30 -day shooting, not only in relation to missiles and drones, not only in the Black Sea, but also along the entire line of confrontation.”

“Ukraine accepts this proposal, we consider it positive, and we are ready to take such a step,” the Ukrainian president wrote.

“The United States must persuade Russia to do this,” he added.

US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who also participated in Jeddah negotiations, said that the two sides discussed “objective details” on how the war ended permanently.

This included “what guarantees that they will get their security and prosperity in the long run, but they are also really looking for what this will require to finish this lastly.”

Waltz said that President Donald Trump “immediately” is raising the United States temporarily on security assistance and assistance, adding that he intends to speak with his Russian counterpart “in the coming days.”

Zelinski has long pushed against the endowment of hostilities without arrangements to monitor and implement security guarantees to deter another Russian attack, regarding it as a phone deal that Moscow would exploit.

But his resistance angered Washington, and reached its climax in a stunning statue with Trump at the White House last month, followed by the suspension of military aid and intelligence exchange.

Zelenskyy has sought to correct relations by suggesting a cessation of drones, missiles and air strikes and stopping the temporary of all maritime operations. European officials said that such partial truce would be easier to monitor and apply.

A senior Ukrainian official told the Financial Times from Jeddah that Kiev was “agreeing to the ceasefire”, who is now putting the ball in the Moscow court.

“The question is Russia – what are they preparing?” They added.

Rubio said that the United States hopes that “Russia will say yes”, so that “talks can begin on how to end this war in an acceptable and permanent way for both sides.”

The official said that the delegations discussed the joint mineral extraction deal that was supposed to be signed in Washington, but it was postponed after the dust between Trump and Zellinski in the Oval Office.

“when [Washington is] ready [to sign the deal] – We are ready. “

Another Ukrainian official involved in negotiations on the metal deal said that no adjustments have been made to the proposal since FT stated for the first time that it was agreed by the two sides.

However, the official said that more negotiations will take place when the investment fund structure is placed under the first agreement.

Additional reports by Christopher Miller in New York