Ukraine partial ceasefire plan ‘has promise’, Rubio says ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia

The top diplomats of the United States said they are promising to propose a partial ceasefire to end the war with Russia before the conversation between Ukrainian and Ukrainian officials.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday, “I don’t say it’s enough alone, but it’s a concession that can be seen to end the conflict.”

KYIV is expected to propose a public and naval ceasefire with Russia during Tuesday negotiations, the Ukrainian authorities told AFP.

Russia previously rejected the idea of ​​temporary ceasefire and said it was an attempt to buy time to prevent Ukrainian military collapse.

President Ukrainian President VolodyMyr Zelensky landed in Saudi Arabia on Monday and landed to meet Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Zelensky added that Ukraine’s position is “absolutely constructive,” while expected “practical results” in the video address late Monday.

The Ukrainian team will be represented by Zelensky’s office, the national security adviser of Andriy Yermak, and many foreign and defense ministers.

Rubio will represent the US delegation with the National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Steve Witkoff in the US Middle East.

Rubio said on Monday, “It is important to establish Ukraine’s intentions,” before arriving in Jedda. And the country said, “We must do difficult things to do difficult things like Russia,” he said.

“I will not set the conditions for what they need to do or what to do,” he added. “We want to see how far they are, compared to what Russia wants, and how far we are.”

He said that both sides had to realize that there was no military solution and could only be solved through “diplomatic means”.

It occurs as Donald Trump strengthens the pressure that Zelensky must agree to a ceasefire with Moscow without a promise to the US security warranty.

The meeting recorded its first official meeting after Jellen Ski visited the White House.

After the meeting, the United States paused obvious bidding to bring Zelensky to the negotiation table for military aid and information sharing of KYIV.

Rubio said he wanted to be a resolved suspension of the aid, but Tuesday negotiations were “the key to that.”

The suspension came out because we felt [Ukraine] He has not devoted himself to any kind of peace. ”

“The president will try to take both sides to the table using the tools he disperses,” he added.

On Monday, Trump Special Essence Steve Witkoff said he expected “real progress” during negotiations.

He asked if he thought Zelen Ski would return to the United States to sign a mineral deal in the second half of the week. He told Fox News.

Zelensky said he would be willing to sign mineral transactions with the United States before, saying that it would raise a joint fund with the sale of Ukrainian minerals.

Witkoff said that the problem to be discussed in Saudi Arabia has a security protocol on the Territory issue.

He said the US administration has never stopped sharing information about the defensive thing that Ukraine needs. Sunday Trump told Fox News that he had “applied” Ukrainian intelligent shared pause.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also talks with Trump ahead of the talks.

The spokesman said, “The prime minister hoped that there would be positive results in the talks so that our aid and information sharing could be restarted.”

Russia began full -fledged invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and currently occupies one fifth of Ukrainian territory, including Crimia, which merged in 2014.