Sputnik / Kre / EPA-EFERussia said some Western sanctions should be lifted before starting a maritime ceasefire with Ukraine.
In the hours following the announcement of the two parties, the two parties had agreed to stop strikes in the Black Sea in separate agreements, the Kremlin said that this would only have taken place once the sanctions on a certain number of Russian banks raised.
Requests include the revocation of sanctions on the RosselkhozBank State Agricultural Bank and the restoration of companies’ access to the SWIFT international payment system.
Moscow has launched a drone attack on the Port City of Mykolav, said overnight, said Ukrainian officials, President Volodymyr Zelensky saying that the strikes were “a clear signal” Russia did not want peace.
After the large -scale invasion of Ukraine Russia, The EU and its allies suspended access to Swift for a number of Russian financial institutions.
The objective was that Russian companies lose access to normal smooth and instantaneous transactions provided by SWIFT, disturbing payments for its precious energy and agricultural exports.
Turnout this decision would require the approval of the EU, a step that seems uncertain in the light of Recent European statements for Kyiv.
A spokesman for the European Commission said that the withdrawal of all the Russian forces from Ukraine would be one of the main conditions to raise or modify any sanction.
On Tuesday, American president Donald Trump said Russia could try to delay the end of the war.
“I think Russia wants to see the end, but it might be that they are hanging out. I have done it over the years,” he said in an interview with Newsmax.
The sea ceaser was announced by the United States after three days of peace talks in Saudi Arabia.
However, Kyiv and Moscow subsequently published contradictory statements on the details of the agreement, including when and how it would start.
Zelensky said that he believed that the agreement did not require a relief of the sanctions to enter into force and would come into force immediately.
He described the Kremlin declaration “manipulating” the agreements.
After announcing the agreement on Tuesday, Washington said that all the parties would continue to work towards “sustainable and lasting peace”, adding that the agreement would reappear an important commercial path.
Ukraine and Russia have also undertaken to “develop measures” to implement a previously agreed ban on attacking the other energy infrastructure, the White House said.
The Black Sea is located south of Ukraine and west of Russia, and is also bordered by Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia.
It is also bordered by parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia – including Crimea.
This is a vital shipping route for Ukrainian exports, and after Russia withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative in 2023, he said he would consider any ship to Ukraine as a potential military target.
As a result, Ukraine cereal exports have dropped.
