Hours of talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday ended with a joint US-Ukraine statement agreeing to an American-proposed "immediate" 30-day ceasefire with Russia. In return for it signing up to the idea, Washington is reinstating weapons supplies and intelligence sharing to Kyiv.

The Kremlin has said it does not want to get ahead of itself after Ukraine announced it was ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia.Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, said Moscow expects to be briefed in the coming days about negotiations held between Ukraine and the U.