Ukraine said on Tuesday it was ready to support a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Americans would now take the offer to Russia.

Kyiv has called on Moscow to respond to the proposed ceasefire, which it has agreed to, but the Kremlin says it will wait to be briefed by US officials.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was studying a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, after American and Ukrainian officials said the ball was in Moscow’s court. The United States agreed on Tuesday to resume weapons supplies and intelligence sharing after Kyiv said at talks in Saudi Arabia that it was ready to support a ceasefire proposal.

US 'exploring paths to a peaceful (Moscow-Kyiv) settlement' at meeting with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman says - Anadolu Ajansı

US secretary of state Marco Rubio, who led the American delegation to Tuesday’s talks in Saudi Arabia, where Ukraine consented to the US ceasefire proposal, said Washington will pursue “multiple points of contacts” with Russia to see if President Vladimir Putin is ready to negotiate an end to the war.

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Wednesday (Mar 12) it needed to be briefed by the United States on the outcome of US-Ukrainian talks in Saudi Arabia before it would comment on whether a proposed ceasefire

Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow is awaiting “detailed information” about the proposal from the U.S. and suggested Russia must get that before it can take a position.