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Ukraine is ready to accept a US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire in its war with Russia as long as Moscow does the same, Kyiv and Washington said on Tuesday.
The ceasefire could be extended if both parties agreed, according to a joint statement that capped several hours of talks between US and Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Washington said it will also immediately restore military assistance and end its suspension of intelligence-sharing, which Kyiv feared would hamper its ability to detect and hit targets beyond the battlefield.
The ceasefire would go beyond the partial truce suggested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the days preceding the crucial meeting with US officials in Jeddah, and which was only supposed to apply to long-range drone and missiles strikes as well as military activities in the Black Sea.
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