US resumes Ukraine aid and intelligence sharing after Jeddah talks

On 11 March 2025 the United States and Ukraine issued a joint statement at the close of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in which Ukraine accepted “an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation.”¹ The United States agreed to “immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine.”¹ The statement also records the presidents’ agreement “to conclude as soon as possible a comprehensive agreement for developing Ukraine’s critical mineral resources to expand Ukraine’s economy and guarantee Ukraine’s long-term prosperity and security,” a commitment to name negotiating teams and begin work toward an enduring peace, and a humanitarian package — prisoner-of-war exchange, release of civilian detainees and the return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children.¹ The US delegation was led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz; the Ukrainian delegation was led by Chief of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov.²

1. The resumption restores the operational flow of items under the Presidential Drawdown Authority of § 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 22 U.S.C. § 2318(a)(1), alongside obligations under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative; items in transit at the Jasionka-Rzeszów hub at the time of the 3 March pause re-enter the shipment queue.³⁴

2. Ukraine’s acceptance of the ceasefire was conditioned in the joint statement on Russian acceptance; the proposal is, in the statement’s own language, “subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation.”¹

3. The minerals commitment is recorded as an agreement to conclude an instrument, not a deferral. Implementation would proceed through a bilateral executive agreement, with notification obligations under § 112b of the Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. § 112b.⁵