This marks a potential breakthrough in efforts to pause the devastating conflict that has ravaged Ukraine for more than three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles at Ukraine in a major overnight attack, Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, as the Ukrainian president renewed his plea for a partial ceasefire at the end of a week in which the United States suspended military aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv .

Ukraine has said it was ready to accept a 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States during critical peace talks between the officials of the two countries in Saudi Arabia. “Ukraine accepts this proposal,