Cease-Fire of the Black Sea: because the crucial Ukrainian-Russian agreement could never work despite the concessions made in Putin
Russia e Ukraine they agreed Stop attacking ships in the Black Sea After intense negotiations with the United States In Saudi Arabia.
The complete fire is not ceased Donald Trump He continues to push for three years in Vladimir Putin invasion of Ukraine, but the move is seen as progress from the White House.
A delegation from the United States has held separate interviews with counterparts from Russia and Ukraine for three days to Tuesday.
The talks with Kiev arrived on both sides of a discussion on the 12 -hour marathon with the representatives of the Cremlin on Monday, which was described by a Russian official as a “demanding” but “useful”.
The White House has issued details on the agreement, which is similar to an agreement from 2022 to allow a safe transit on the Black Sea This was interrupted in 2023.
But for how long it will have the current agreement – and even when it will officially start – remains uncertain after Russia has made drones shots on a key port city key during the night.
This is what we know about the agreement.
What is the agreement?
The White House stated that both countries have agreed several key measures following the talks to Riyadh.
Russia and Ukraine have accepted:
- Interrupt the use of strength and allow the safe navigation of ships in the Black Sea.
- Develop measures for the implementation of the agreement to prohibit strikes on energy structures.
- He works with the mediation countries to implement agreements.
- Work for lasting peace.
As part of the agreement, the United States have also affirmed that it would help to restore Russia access to global agricultural and fertilizing markets, which have been affected by penalties during the war, help reduce maritime insurance costs and improve access to ports and international payment systems.
For Ukraine, the United States declared that it was committed to helping to facilitate the exchanges of prisoners of war and the release of civil prisoners and help “the return of Ukrainian children transferred forcefully”.
What did Russia say?
Russia states that the agreement can start until its conditions are met for access restored to global commercial markets and payment systems.
“As regards the Black Sea wheat initiative, it can be activated after the implementation of a series of conditions,” the spokesman for the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
The Russian Foreign Minister has also said that the United States will have to respect the new agreement that allows freight ships to pass through the Black Sea.
“We will need clear guarantees,” said Sergei Lavrov on the Russian television of the state of Channel One.
“And given the sad experience of the agreements with only Kiev, the guarantees can only be the result of an order from Washington to Zelensky and his team to do one thing and not the other.
“We want the wheat and fertilizer market to be predictable, so that no one tries to” get away “from it.”
What did Zelensky said?
Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine would immediately support the agreement and accused the “manipulation” Russia for saying that the fire would start the ceased only after his condition had been satisfied.
“They are already trying to distort the agreements and, in fact, deceive both our intermediaries and the whole world,” said Zelensky in his night video address Tuesday.
Later, after Russia carried out drones during the night, which hit the port city of the Ukrainian Sea of Mykolaiv, the Ukrainian president said that attacks were proof that Russia did not want peace.
“Last night, there were 117 other tests in our skies on how Russia continues to drag this war – 117 strike drones, most of which Shads. A significant number was knocked down by our air defenders,” said Zelensky on X.
“The launch of these large -scale attacks after the negotiations of ceased is a clear signal for the whole world that Moscow will not pursue true peace”.
What did the United States say?
Donald Trump thinks that Russia wants to end his war with Ukraine, but recognized that Putin has not offered a quick end to the conflict.
“I think Russia wants to see the end, but it could be that they are dragging my feet. I have done it over the years,” he said in an interview with NewMasx on Tuesday evening.
According to the official declaration of the White House following the long negotiations, the US officials “reiterated the imperative of President Donald J. Trump that the killing on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine conflict must stop, since the necessary step towards achieving a lasting peace agreement”.
What happens later?
This is the key question, after Russia has launched an attack on the Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv during the night, which provides access to the Black Sea.
Zelensky hit Russia following attacks during the night, saying that the next few days will be the key to seeing if Russia is seriously moving towards peace.
“The launch of these large -scale attacks after the negotiations of ceased is a clear signal for the whole world that Moscow will not pursue true peace,” wrote the Ukrainian president on X Wednesday.
The United States have said that it will continue to facilitate negotiations between the two parts to help find a “peaceful resolution”.
For its part, the Kremlin said that any move towards greater peace will be gradual.
“In general … there are many, many different aspects of the settlement to elaborate,” Peskov said at the beginning of this week, according to the Washington Post.
