US aid deliveries to Ukraine through Poland have resumed, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski says, after Ukraine says it was ready to accept a US proposal for an initial 30-day ceasefire
President Donald Trump says he hopes to speak to Vladimir Putin in the next few days, as US officials prepare to travel to Moscow later this week to discuss the offer
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that "the ball is in their [Russia's] court"
The Kremlin has yet to issue a response, but a foreign ministry spokeswoman says Moscow's position will be determined at home and not abroad
A former Putin adviser tells the BBC the ceasefire proposals give Putin a "dilemma", adding that "Biden was just an enemy, Trump is a rival"
Strikes on Ukraine continued overnight, with four people killed in the port city of Odesa and one killed in Kryvyy Rih, authorities say
'All of this now hinges on Vladimir Putin's response'
Rubio and Waltz are asked why a rare minerals deal wasn't signed today.
Rubio says the deal wasn't the subject of the talks today.
He says the deal was negotiated with Ukrainian and US treasuries, but adds: "Our respective presidents have instructed the appropriate members of their governments to bring this to finality and to conclusion."
Image source, ReutersAnother question for the US secretary of state now.
Marco Rubio is asked if they are accepting any good-will gestures from Russia or if there is a deadline.
Rubio says "Ukraine is ready to stop shooting and start talking."
He reiterates that he hopes Russia will say yes to the ceasefire, but if they say no "then we'll unfortunately know what the impediment is to peace here".
The president has been clear that he wants the shooting and dying to stop, Rubio says.
Asked again about the deadline, Rubio says they hope to do it "as soon as possible".
Image source, ReutersRubio and Waltz are now being asked questions by reporters.
The first clarifies some details about the ceasefire, with the reporter checking whether the US offer is for a "complete ceasefire across the frontline, not just the aerial and maritime ceasefire the Ukrainians proposed".
To this, Rubio says simply "yes" - "the offer is to stop the shooting".
He says the only way for this war to end is through negotiation - and for that to happen, the "shooting" must stop.
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is up now, and says the meeting got into details on how this war will end permanently and what type of guarantees they will have for long-term security.
He says he'll talk to his Russian counterpart in the coming days, and Secretary Rubio will be with the G7 foreign ministers.
They'll take the process forward from there, he adds.
More from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio now.
He says they will "take this offer now to the Russians" and they "hope" they will say yes.
"The ball is in their court," Rubio adds, and tells reporters that President Trump wants the war to end.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is speaking to reporters following talks with a Ukrainian delegation during a visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
He says the US has made an offer, which the Ukrainians have accepted, "to enter into a ceasefire and enter into negotiations to end this conflict in a way that is enduring and sustainable"
More now on the joint statement from US and Ukraine, shared moments ago by the US state department.
Ukraine says it is ready to accept the US proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire after today's peace talks, it reads.
The proposed ceasefire will be extendable by mutual agreement of both parties, and is subject to acceptance and implementation by Russia, the statement adds.
The United States "will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine", a joint statement from the US and Ukraine, shared by the US state department, says.
We'll bring you more on this shortly - stay with us.
Image source, ReutersIn addition to the action in Saudi, we're keeping an ear across the daily White House press briefing, during which Donald Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions from reporters.
She's just had one on the US-Ukraine talks about ending the war with Russia.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is negotiating with the Ukrainians in Jeddah and is due to give us an update "soon", Leavitt says, as we reported earlier.
She says she doesn't have much else to say, other than the news the White House is receiving from those talks is "positive".
Rubio, she adds, will give a full update when the meeting has concluded. We're watching and waiting for this statement - stay with us.
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring
An update now from the ground in Ukraine.
Six people, including two children, have been killed in Russian attacks in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, the local authorities say.
Two brothers, aged 11 and 13, died as Russia shelled the village of Rivne. Another boy, aged 14, was wounded, the regional administration chief Vadym Filashkin says.
According to him, the two brothers had been evacuated to Dnipropetrovsk region, but later returned to Donetsk region with their families.
Elsewhere in the region, three people were killed and three wounded in the town of Siversk, Filashkin says in an update on social media.
He also says that Russian drones attacked two civilian cars travelling between Pokrovsk and Rodynske, killing one person and injuring two.
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring
The Russian Foreign Ministry says the Ukrainian drone attack against Moscow region last night shows Ukraine has rejected diplomatic means of ending the war.
“There is no doubt that the drone attack had been planned beforehand and was timed to coincide with today’s US-Ukrainian talks in Saudi Arabia on settling the conflict,” the foreign ministry says in a statement.
“This was also a message of sorts to the new OSCE secretary-general Feridun Sinirlioglu who is on a working visit to Moscow.”
“The Zelensky regime has shown a total lack of political will towards peace and settling the conflict via diplomatic means,” it says.
Image source, Getty ImagesWhile we wait for the statement from the US delegation in Saudi Arabia to begin, let's turn to an update from State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce - who's also there.
While marvelling at the "magnificent lobby" of the Ritz Carlton in Jeddah, Bruce says in a video on X that it's an "exciting day".
"A day that could mean a lot for all people around the world when it comes to what's important," she adds.
"So other fantastic news with humanity might emerge, so we are very optimistic. I know the secretary [Rubio] is, because we know what's at stake."
We are expecting to hear shortly from the US delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
They have been locked in talks with Ukrainian officials for hours.
We'll bring you the key lines here - stay with us. Follow along by tapping the watch live icon at the top of the page.
Image source, ReutersAs reported in our previous post, defence leaders from around 30 countries are meeting in Paris to draw up plans for a "coalition of the willing" - announced by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after a leaders' summit in London earlier this month.
What's it for? To uphold any ceasefire in Ukraine and deter Russia from further invading in the event of a peace deal.
What will it involve? The UK and France have said they would be willing to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine if and when the war ends. UK officials have said about 20 countries are interested, although not every nation would necessarily send troops.
Who's in? There is no specific number as yet. However, the group is believed to consist of European and Commonwealth nations.
What's Russia's take? Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said such a move "can't be allowed" because it would amount to the "direct, official and unveiled involvement of Nato members in the war against Russia".
Military chiefs from around 30 countries have just sat down together for talks in Paris.
Hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, they will begin preparing a blueprint for a "coalition of the willing".
Image source, EPA
Image source, EPAWhile we wait for further updates on the talks between the US and Ukrainian delegations in Jeddah, defence chiefs are preparing for a meeting in Paris.
This afternoon, defence leaders from around 30 countries will meet to draw up plans for the "coalition of the willing" to deter Russia from further invading Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.
We'll continue to monitor for any movement there.
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring
The overnight drone attack on Moscow was meant to push Vladimir Putin towards a ceasefire, a Ukrainian official says.
According to Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Ukrainian government’s Centre for Combating Disinformation, the attack was designed to send “another message to Putin that he should be interested in a ceasefire in the air”.
“It’s not just oil refineries, drones can target Moscow at any time,” Kovalenko says in remarks on his YouTube channel.
Ahead of the talks in Jeddah, Ukrainian officials proposed a truce in the air and at sea, but not on the ground.
Image source, ReutersDonald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is set to travel to Russia for talks on Ukraine later this week, the BBC's US partner, CBS News, reports, citing a person familiar with the planning.
It is not clear whether or not he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, as reports in recent days have suggested.
A little earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the US would inform Russia of any results of the US-Ukraine talks today.
By Richard Irvine-Brown
Image source, TelegramBBC Verify has seen video of strikes confirmed in Domodedovo, south of Moscow, and other suburbs this morning
The Russian Ministry of Defence says three people have been killed during what it claims is the largest drone attack on the country since its invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
It said 337 drones were shot down overnight across the country, almost double the previous high of 180 on 14 January this year.
In this latest attack, 91 drones were shot down over the Moscow region. BBC Verify today confirmed several strikes in the area.
Two days ago, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have downed 520 drones and 34 missiles between 3 and 9 March.
During that period, we have confirmed strikes in Odesa, Donetsk, Kharkiv and President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih.
Image source, EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockAway from Saudi Arabia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said an oil pipeline's supply to Hungary had to be suspended overnight following an attack on a metering station.
Szijjártó describes this pipeline as "critical" to Hungary and calls the attack "unacceptable".
"We are calling on Ukraine not to attack this infrastructure," the foreign minister says in a Facebook video.
"This war is not our fault and Hungary is not responsible for this conflict."
Ukraine's military earlier said its overnight drone attack targeted "a number of strategic facilities in the Russian federation which are involved in providing supplies to the armed aggression against Ukraine".
The Ukrainian statement reports explosions in the area of a control station which manages technological processes relating to the Druzhba oil pipeline.