Following talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces a call for a 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war.
He also declares the resumption of military supplies of weapons and logistical support including intelligence to the Ukraine war.
The meeting between US and Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday is said to have lasted eight hours. However, there is no indication yet that Russia was included in peace talks, but that the US is now resuming its military support to Ukraine. Alongside Rubio, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz attended a press conference after the talks, where it was stated that talks with Russia will be initiated next.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump also opened the door to a new meeting at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Russian demands already known
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has commented on the news that they cannot comment on the possibilities for a possible ceasefire until a concrete proposal is presented in talks with Moscow. Peskov also added that a telephone meeting between Putin and US President Donald Trump could be arranged at short notice.
Since the Istanbul peace talks broke down in March 2022, the US has broken off diplomatic contacts with Russia. The latest public statement from Russia, in June 2024, is that it sees the first precondition for negotiating a peace agreement as Ukraine withdrawing its military forces from the Russian-speaking regions annexed after 2022, i.e. Kherson, Zaporizhzhya and the Donbass regions of Donetsk and Lugansk – and that it sees guarantees of Ukraine’s military non-alignment and absence of nuclear armaments as non-negotiable.