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Russia and Ukraine agree naval ceasefire in Black Sea

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The two sides agreed to end the military activity in the Black Sea.

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea in separate deals with the United States, three days after the peace talks in Saudi Arabia.

Washington said that all parties will continue to work for a “permanent and lasting peace” in statements announcing the agreements, which would reopen an important commercial road.

The White House said it also adhered to “developing measures” to carry out a previously agreed ban on attacking the energy infrastructure of each other.

But Russia said that the ceasefire would not come into effect until after a number of sanctions were filed against the food and fertilizer trade.

US officials were separately from negotiations from Moscow and Kiev in his head with the aim of distinguishing between the two sides. Russian and Ukrainian delegations did not meet directly.

Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski said the deal that stopped the strikes in the Black Sea was a step in the right direction.

He said in a press conference in Kiev: “It is too early to say that it will work, but these were the correct meetings, the correct decisions, and the correct steps.”

After US President Donald Trump, he added, “No one can accuse Ukraine of not moving towards sustainable peace after that,” he added. And he accused him previously From preventing the peace deal.

But shortly after Washington announced, the Kremlin said that the ceasefire in the Black Sea would not be in effect until the sanctions were lifted from Russian banks, producers and exporters participating in international food and fertilizers deals.

The measures required by Russia include the re -delivery of banks concerned with the Swiftpay payment system, the lifting of restrictions on ships under the Russian flag participating in the food trade, and the provision of agricultural machines and other goods needed to produce food.

It was not clear from the White House statement when the agreement aims to enter into force.

When asked about the lifting of the sanctions, Trump told reporters: “We are all thinking about them now. We are looking at them.”

Washington statement on the United States’ talks, Russia, says that the United States “will help restore Russia’s arrival to the global market for agricultural exports and fertilizers.”

Speaking in Kyiv, Zelinski described this as “weakening situations.”

He also said that Ukraine will pressure for more sanctions on Russia and more military support from the United States if Moscow has assumed its obligations.

Later, in his night speech to the Ukrainians, Zelinsky accused the Kremlin of lying when he said that the black ceasefire depended on lifting the sanctions.

“The third countries” can oversee parts of the deal.

But he warned that the movement of Russian warships outside the “eastern part of the Black Sea” will deal with a violation of the agreement and “a threat to the national security of Ukraine.”

“In this case, Ukraine will have the full right to exercise the right to self -defense,” he added.

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It was agreed on a previous arrangement that allowed the establishment of safe commercial ships in the Black Sea in 2022, after Russia has invaded Ukraine in February of that year.

Both Ukraine and Russia are the main grain exporters, and prices are pictures after the beginning of the war.

The “Black Marine Cereal Deal” was placed to allow the shipping ships traveling to and from Ukraine to move safely without being attacked by Russia.

The deal facilitated the movement of grains, sunflower oil and other products needed to produce food, such as fertilizers, through the Black Sea.

It was initially in place for 120 days, but after multiple extensions, Russia withdrew in July 2023, claiming that major parts of the agreement were implemented.

After this week’s talks, both countries also agreed to “develop measures” to carry out a ban to attack the energy infrastructure on each other.

Russian strikes caused the power supply in Ukraine to be widely cut off throughout the war, leaving thousands of people without heating in the winter.

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The ban was at the beginning Agreed to a call Between Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, last week, but within hours of its announcement, both Moscow and the other Kiev accused his breaches.

Earlier on Tuesday, Moscow said that Ukraine continued to target Russian civil energy infrastructure while peace talks were in Riyadh.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the alleged attack showed that Zelinski was “unable to adhere to the agreements.”

It came after Russia I launched a missile strike Northeast Ukraine targeted on Monday, leaving more than 100 people wounded in Sumi.

On Tuesday morning, Ukraine said that Russia fired about 139 drones and one ballistic missile overnight.

Kiev added that up to 30 Russian soldiers were killed in an air strike on the military infrastructure.

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2025-03-25 20:11:00

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