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Their message is clear: like it or not, you must mend relations with the White House and not go up against Trump. Hence Ukraine falling swiftly into line with the US proposal for a comprehensive 30-day ceasefire.

Although a lot of this is about optics - meaning how things appear and how individuals want them to appear. Ukraine’s leadership has been getting advice from its friends, including Britain’s National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell.

They’re not, which is why this deal - along with the resumption of US military and intelligence aid - offers Ukraine a lifeline. Russia reckons it is slowly winning this war so there will be those who want it to continue.

BBC Verify: How Ukraine has lost territory to Russia in Kursk Ukraine states it agrees to the 30-day ceasefire deal, although whether or not it goes ahead now lies with Russia This US-brokered ceasefire proposal is not exactly what either side wanted - which is why, paradoxically, it might have some chance of success. By now, Ukraine and its allies would ideally have liked to be in a strong enough position to drive a hard bargain with Moscow.

Kyiv has called on Moscow to respond to the proposed ceasefire - the Kremlin states it is waiting to be briefed by the US. Here's what's happened today, before we close our live coverage: And finally, here's what our security correspondent Frank Gardner makes of the ceasefire deal.

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