The US says Ukraine has accepted a 30-day ceasefire proposal and agreed to start negotiations to end the war with Russia, if Moscow also accepts. The US says it will immediately restore military assistance and intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
The Ukrainians also will receive armored personnel carriers, armored Humvees, naval drone vessels used in coastal defense, and gear and equipment used to protect soldiers in chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological attacks.
Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar threatened to pull back his troops from the border with Afghanistan, claiming that the country could not afford to keep forces deployed there following the suspension of US military assistance.
The United States is withholding some USD 800 million in military assistance to Pakistan in a show of displeasure over its cutback on US trainers, limits on visas for US personnel and other rubs, the Obama administration said on Sunday.