US-Ukraine 30-Day Ceasefire Deal: What You Need to Know :

Ukraine claimed it would accept Washington's suggestion for a 30 day ceasefire with Russia following what Kyiv called 'milestone' discussions in which the U.S. has agreed to reinstate military assistance and intelligence cooperation with Ukraine.

On Tuesday, October, 3, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Ukrainian prioritized his talks with Saudi Arabia in Jeddah. After eight and a half hours of Ukraine-Saudi negotiations, Rubio said, “Now the U.S. goes with this offer to Russia, and then we wait on what Russia will decide.”

What is the agreement about?

The joint statement proposed an extension of 30-day ceasefire if the conflict parties mutually agreed. Ukraine also displayed willingness to consider the extension.

In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that he was in favor of the U.S. giving Ukraine an entire interim ceasefire where missile, drone, and bomb attacks could not happen within the Black Sea and along the entire front line of the country.

"We see that there is some logic in accepting this step and there would be no problem in our side, therefore the Ukrainian Government would be able to accept this proposal,” Zelenskyy continued.

What was finalized apart from this? The U.S. declared that it would immediately lift the suspension on the sharing of military aid and intelligence to Ukraine. As of Tuesday, officials from Ukraine declared that both the sharing of intelligence and the aid began again. During the two nations joint confirmatory statement on Tuesday, they noted that they also agreed to complete, as soon as possible, the comprehensive treaty regarding the development of Ukraine’s key mineral resources. The minerals treaty had been under construction for a number of weeks, but was put on hold following the contentious meeting in the White House on February 28 attended by Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two leaders remained skeptical of the aid due Ukraine which has overall is given more humanitarian funding. Both parties acknowledged the necessity of humanitarian aid as relief in the course of a peace settlement, especially in the time of a ceasefire, the freeing of POWs, civilians who are detainees and the returning of Ukrainian children who have been removed from their country. The two parties agreed that they will each create their own negotiating delegations and commence peace talks without delay. What do you anticipate will follow this? The agreement is subject to acceptance and implementation alongside Russia. US Military leaders mention they will present it in Moscow.

This Trump confidant plans to meet Putin’s counterpart next week, and Mike Waltz, Trump’s special envoy, will be in Moscow this week to meet with Trump. Trump indicated that he planned to speak with Putin within the week, and suggested that a durable ceasefire could be arranged over the next few days.

Following the American-Ukrainian discussion, the Russian foreign ministry’s statement was narrow in scope and simply expressed no expectations by firmly stating there will not be any relations with representatives from America.