Ukraine agrees to proposal for immediate 30-day ceasefire

KYIV, March 11 (YPA) – Ukraine has expressed its readiness to accept a US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia.

This came in a joint statement issued after a meeting between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.

According to the US officials, “If the ceasefire is implemented, it will constitute a major diplomatic breakthrough in the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine.”

During the meeting, which lasted more than five hours, the United States agreed to stop its intelligence sharing with Ukraine and to resume arms shipments to the country, which it had halted 10 days earlier.

The US delegation was led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and the Ukrainian delegation was led by Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak and the Ukrainian foreign and defense ministers also participated in the meeting.

According to the joint statement, the United States and Ukraine also agreed to conclude a comprehensive agreement “to develop Ukraine’s critical mineral resources” as soon as possible.

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