Russia and Ukraine agreed to “eliminate the use of force” in the Black Sea after parallel negotiations with Saudi Arabian US negotiators, but the Kremlin said the maritime ceasefire would only begin if sanctions were bailed out. About agricultural exports. Donald Trump said the US is reviewing Russia's situation after claiming that the Kremlin negotiated concessions with the White House, marking the first major recovery of sanctions since the full-scale invasion in 2022.
Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelensky said the deal would not require sanctions relief for the sanctions relief to come into effect — he said it would weaken Ukraine's position — and would come into effect soon. If Russia violates them, he would ask Trump to impose additional sanctions on Moscow and provide more weapons for Ukraine, he said. “We don't have faith in Russians, but we'll be constructive,” he said.
The Ukrainian president also said there was no agreement on an unconditional ceasefire because “the Russians didn't want it.”. He said he believed that “people will more and more believe in Russians every day.”
Zelensky criticized Trump's mission, Steve Witkov. He said he discussed the legitimate referendums performed in Russia in the four Ukrainian regions that it occupy partially or entirely. It also demonstrated that the “overwhelming majority” wanted to be “under Russian rule.” The Ukrainian president said Witkov's comments were “very consistent with the Kremlin's message,” but he added that he hopes that US negotiators and others in the White House will gradually begin to see the Russian leader being dishonest.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Zaporizhzhia's nuclear power plant is a Russian facility and it is impossible to transfer it to Ukraine or another country. The Russian army seized the plants early in the invasion. In a phone conversation with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy this month, Donald Trump suggested that the US could help and possibly own the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, including Zaporizhzhia.
A top Estonian diplomat said Russia had gained the edge in the ceasefire talks, and proposed that the US consider time limits if there is no progress ahead of the meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Estonian Foreign Minister Malgus Tsakna and his counterparts in Latvia and Lithuania met together with Rubio and Washington on Tuesday as Baltic countries are concerned about new pushes from Russia and Ukraine. “Putin now has an edge in several respects,” Tsarkna told AFP in an interview late Monday ahead of talks with Rubio. “The question is now, how long will Trump actually give Putin to play the game,” he said.
Ukraine mayor Mikolife Southern Port, Oleksandr Senkevich; He said there was an emergency blackout early on Wednesday in the city.following reports by the local governor, seven drones were reportedly destroyed overnight in the area.
A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced the woman to two years in prison for holding signs of protest against President Vladimir Putin against the Ukraine conflict. Elena Abramova, a translator for a city in the northwest of St. Petersburg, publicly held up a placard in 2023 with the words “War-free World, Putin-free Russia.” According to the city's court service, “Navalny's freedom for all political prisoners! Freedom.”
Ukrainian SBU Security Services said on Tuesday that it had detained a military officer in the Smie region who was accused of assisting Moscow in attacking Ukrainian forces fighting in Russia's Kursk region. “While in front of us, the 'mall' was preparing coordinates for invaders' missiles and bomb attacks on the Ukrainian military location,” the SBU allegedly on Telegram.
