Dizzying turnaround in US-Ukraine relations leaves all eyes on Russia
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6VVKY)
Putin may well stick to previous demands over Ukrainian elections and a rejection of European peacekeeping forces
Suddenly the ball is in Russia's court. The flow of US intelligence and military aid to Ukraine is to resume - and the Kremlin is being asked to agree to a 30-day ceasefire that Kyiv has already told the Americans it will sign up to.
It is a dizzying turnaround from the Oval Office row between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump and the apparent abandonment of the White House's strategy to simply pressurise Ukraine into agreeing to a peace deal. Now, for the first time, Russia is being asked to make a commitment, though it is unclear what will follow if it does sign up.
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