US arms shipped to Ukraine again as Kremlin mulls ceasefire proposal

The US has resumed sending weapons supplies to Ukraine, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The returned flow of weapons comes after the US and Ukraine issued a statement following discussions on Tuesday in which Ukraine said it accepted a US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire.

Following the talks, the Trump administration announced it had lifted its suspension of military support.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Wednesday that he was “happy” that Ukraine backed the process, and the focus was now on Russia’s answer.

He maintained that the focus was on making sure “actual diplomacy” was happening but that it was important that Ukraine could create a deterrent against future aggression.

Rubio added that if Russia agreed to the proposals, “we’ll have to determine is who do both sides trust to be on the ground to sort of monitor some of the small arms fires and exchanges that could happen.”

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also confirmed that weapons supplies had resumed on Tuesday as one of the key outcomes of the US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia.

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Additionally, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced that US weapons supplies to Ukraine had resumed to previous levels via the Rzeszów-Jasionka logistics hub in Poland.

The Trump administration’s move to allow military support is a 180-degree shift from just a week ago, when it imposed measures halting the flow of arms deliveries and intelligence between Kyiv and Washington in an apparent effort to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into talks on accepting a deal regarding Russia’s war.

On Tuesday, Rubio said it was now up to Moscow to accept the ceasefire agreement, telling reporters: “the ball is in the (Russians’) court.”

The Kremlin did not immediately provide detailed comment on the ceasefire proposal, which, according to Zelenskyy, would mean halting missiles, drones, and bombs in both the Black Sea and along the entire frontline.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow was waiting for information from the US side, which he expected would be communicated through “various diplomatic channels in the coming days.”