Russia said that some Western sanctions should be lifted before it begins a ceasefire with Ukraine.

Within hours of the United States, which announced that the two sides agreed to stop the strikes in the Black Sea in separate deals, the Kremlin said it would only happen once a number of Russian banks were raised.

The demands include the abolition of sanctions on the Agricultural Bank of the Agricultural Bank of Rosselkhozbank and the restoration of companies to the Swift international payment system.

Overnight, Moscow launched a drone on the city of Micoles Port, Ukrainian officials said, where President Folodimir Zellinski said the strikes were a “clear signal” that Russia did not want peace.

After Russia has been widely invaded to Ukraine, The European Union and its allies have suspended access to Swift to a number of Russian financial institutions.

The goal of Russian companies was to lose access to soft and regular instant transactions provided by Swift, which disrupts payments in favor of energy and valuable agriculture.

The opposite of this decision will need the approval of the European Union, a step that appears unconfirmed in light The latest European data for Kyiv support.

A European Commission spokesman said that the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine will be one of the main conditions for lifting or amending any sanctions.

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said Russia could try to delay the end of the war.

“I think Russia wants to see an end to it, but they may be on their feet. I have done it over the years,” he said in an interview with newsmax.

The United States announced the ceasefire three days after peace talks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

However, KYIV and Moscow later released conflicting data about the details of the deal, including when and how it will start.

Zelinski said he believed that the deal does not require penalties to alleviate into force and will enter into force immediately.

The Kremlin statement called for an attempt to “manipulate” deals.

The Black Sea was not a major axis to fight for some time.

In the early stages of the war, Ukraine successfully targeted Russia’s fleet in its domestic ports in Crimea, and as of last summer, Ukraine said it destroyed 28 Russian ships.

With the remainder of the Russian fleet, the south and east to Russian and Bakhazia ports, Ukraine was successfully exported – with grain exports at pre -war levels – by shipping that embraced the western coast of the Black Sea.

Therefore, it is unlikely to restore any marine endowment – if it enters into force – to reshape the balance of war, which is largely fighting on the ground.

but Dr. Jenny Machar, a great professor of international politics at the University of Abeestoyeth and an expert in Russian politics, said that the ceasefire would provide Russia as a “great advantage” as it was currently struggling to export its agricultural products.

“Ukraine was able to get out of many of its agricultural products across the Black Sea, and it was able to target Russian shipping successfully, so Russia does not use the Black Sea at the present time.”

The Black Marine Cereal Initiative was hit in 2022, which allowed the passing of travel ships to and from Ukraine, where UN officials in Russia help exports of food and fertilizers to foreign markets in return.

Russia withdrew from the agreement in the summer of 2023, on the pretext that the financial sanctions hinder its exports, and said it would take place Show any binding ship to Ukraine as a possible military target.

Where a marine ceasefire can make a change, by protecting Ukrainian ports from Russian air strikes.

“For us, the ceasefire is primarily a stop to bomb the infrastructure of the civil port,” said Dmytro Pletenchuk, the Ukrainian navy spokesman.

“As of now, we are controlling the situation in the sea; in the Black Sea, in the Sea of ​​Azov, and in the waters of the temporary occupied Sherma. For this reason, for us, the Ukrainian navy, this situation will not really change anything.”

After announcing the agreement on Tuesday, Washington said that all parties will continue to work for a “permanent and lasting peace”, adding that the agreement will reopen an important commercial road.

The White House said that Ukraine and Russia are also committed to “developing measures” to carry out a previously agreed ban on attacking the energy infrastructure for each other.

The Black Sea is located in southern Ukraine to western Russia, and is also bordered by Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia.

It is also bordered by parts of Ukraine, which is occupied by Russian – including the Crimea.