Russia says it will sign Black Sea deal if US gives 'order' to Zelenskiy

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

Russia said on Tuesday it was willing to strike a new agreement on the safety of shipping in the Black Sea - a possible stepping stone towards a ceasefire with Ukraine - but only if the United States ordered President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to respect it.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said only such an order would provide the assurances that Russia needed.

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"We will need clear guarantees. And given the sad experience of agreements with just Kyiv, the guarantees can only be the result of an order from Washington to Zelenskiy and his team to do one thing and not the other," Lavrov said in televised comments.

"And it seems to me that our American partners have received this signal. They understand that only Washington can achieve positive results in stopping terrorist attacks, stopping shelling of civilian infrastructure, energy infrastructure not related to the military-industrial complex."

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-us-are-studying-outcome-talks-ukraine-riyadh-kremlin-says-2025-03-25/

[Lovie777]

1. Russia, Putin are not honest brokers...............

nor are shithole musk republicans.

[nowforever]

2. Sure

The destruction of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea and the attack on Russia's energy infrastructure are the two things where Ukraine is inflicting real pain on Russia. How about on an agreement of no more drone or missile attacks on both sides and stop to all fighting. Of course Trump will jump at Black Sea deal because it's exactly what his master wants. Putin clearly has tapes of the Epstein variety of entertainment.

[lark]

3. Black Sea deal only benefits Putin, of course he will sign it.

Zelensky would be a fool to sign it, it just hurts his war effort.

[twodogsbarking]

4. Newsflash. Zelensky doesn't trust either of the Russians.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. You can't trust Putin, even though that lyin sack o' shit is more trustworthy than our own Satan-in-Chief...

Not saying much I know.

[Martin68]

6. I guess we're about to find out if Trump follow's Putin's orders. We have long suspected that is the case, but this

would be a clincher.

[blue-wave]

7. More Russian

gaslighting and projection onto Ukraine. The Kremlin has perfected the practice of blaming their victims for every barbaric policy implemented by the Kremlin. This has been going on for centuries. It is Ukraine who needs the assurances, not Russia. And oh, by the way Lavrov, if you pull all your troops out of Ukraine and start living in peace with your neighbors, you won't have to worry about any of this.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. US says it brokered safe shipping in the Black Sea in talks with Ukraine and Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States said an agreement has been reached to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea as it wrapped up three days of talks Tuesday with Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia on prospective steps toward peace.

U.S. experts met separately with Ukrainian and Russian representatives in Riyadh, and the White House issued separate joint statements about the talks with Ukraine and Russia. It said the sides have “agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.”

Details of the prospective deal are yet to be released, but it appears to mark a revival of a 2022 agreement to ensure safe transit via Ukraine’s Black Sea ports that was brokered by the United Nations and Turkey and was halted by Russia the following year. Russia had said the agreement failed to ensure safety of its Black Sea exports.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in televised comments Tuesday that Moscow is open to the revival of the agreement but warned that Russian interests must be protected.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-ceasefire-talks-saudi-arabia-02cd8e100113bc9e80c7a737bf01c796

We shall see.