If Ukraine’s allies gave the country “a lot of weapons, we could suppress them [the Russian army]”, says Ronin, a drone pilot operating in the Dnipropetrovsk region for the Ukrainian army. “I don't know how to negotiate with them,” he adds. Ukraine's proposal for a partial truce is raising hopes of a breakthrough after three years of war, with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Saudi Arabia for talks with chief US diplomat Marco Rubio. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES