U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States had "just about" ended a suspension of intelligence sharing with Ukraine, and that he expects good results from upcoming talks with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia.

Axar.az reports citing Reuters, asked if he would consider ending the suspension, Trump said, “We just about have. We just about have.”

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday the US had halted intelligence sharing with Ukraine, piling pressure on Zelenskyy to cooperate with Trump in convening peace talks with Russia.

The suspension, which could cost lives by hurting Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes, followed a halt to US military aid to Kyiv.

US officials will meet on Tuesday with a Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia in part to determine whether Ukraine is willing to make material concessions to Russia to end the war. Also hanging over the talks in Jeddah is the fate of a minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv.

Trump expressed optimism about the talks. “We’re going to make a lot of progress, I believe, this week,” he said.

“They will sign the minerals deal but I want them to want peace... They haven’t shown it to extent they should,” he said.

Trump also said his administration was looking at a variety of things with respect to tariffs on Russia and that administration officials are not concerned about military exercises involving Russia, China and Iran.