Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire during talks with US in Saudi Arabia. Truce could be extended by mutual agreement, officials say. Washington agrees to \”immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine\” Both sides discuss importance of humanitarian relief efforts, particularly during the ceasefire period. French President Emmanuel Macron calls on European and NATO military chiefs to draw up a plan \”to define credible security guarantees\” for Ukraine as peace negotiations accelerated. The announcement followed a high-level meeting attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. The Ukrainian delegation included President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and others. The US reaffirmed its commitment to engaging with Russian representatives, while Ukraine emphasised the need for European partners to be involved in the process, the statement said. It added that both nations’ leaders agreed to finalise \”as soon as possible a comprehensive agreement for developing Ukraine’s critical mineral resources to expand Ukraine’s economy\”