With Ukraine’s acceptance of an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia at the US-Ukraine talks held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, prospects of peace have turned brighter.

Knowledgeable sources say the Jeddah meeting-first official one since the ugly verbal clash between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on 28 February – went off fine. The relationship between the two sides is back on the track. Washington has immediately restarted intelligence sharing with and security assistance to Ukraine – the former had suspended in the wake of the ugly clash.

Moscow is now very likely to agree to the final peace deal to be reached between itself, Kyiv and Washington. In the final deal, President Zelensky is likely to drop his........

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