India, March 12 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the United States will have contact with Russia on Wednesday about the agreement reached with Ukraine on a 30-day ceasefire and steps toward ending the war.

"We all eagerly await the Russian response and urge them strongly to consider ending all hostilities," Reuters quoted Rubio as saying during a stop in Ireland after US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia.

"If they say no, then obviously we'll have to examine everything and sort of figure out where we stand in the world and what their true intentions are. I think it'll be if they say no, it'll tell us a lot about what their goals are and what their mindset is," he added.'

The United States agreed to to resume military aid ...