In a step towards reducing tensions, Russia and Ukraine have agreed to expand a ceasefire focused on energy infrastructure to encompass the Black Sea. This decision follows U.S.-facilitated negotiations in Saudi Arabia. The agreement aims to ensure safe navigation, eliminate force, and prevent military use of commercial vessels. While the deal does not specify when this will take effect, it signifies a shift in dialogue. Ukrainian officials remain cautiously optimistic about implementing the agreement, though concerns linger regarding attacks on civilian infrastructures without explicit assurances from the U.S.
The American side believes that calm skies, as related to the energy sector, also applies to other civilian infrastructure.
This meeting is a logical extension of the successful consultations with the United States in Jeddah.
The partial ceasefire would prevent Ukraine from striking Russian oil production and exports, which Kyiv had found to be effective at bringing the war home to the Kremlin.
Most Ukrainians - or as many as 85 percent - view a partial ceasefire positively, according to a poll from the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
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