KYIV, March 26 — The United States reached separate deals yesterday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his understanding was that the truce agreements did not require sanctions relief to come into force and would take effect immediately, calling the Kremlin’s statement an attempt to “manipulate” the deals. Zelenskiy said if Russia violated them, he would ask Trump to impose additional sanctions on Moscow and provide more weapons for Ukraine.In the hours following the announcements, both Russia and Ukraine accused each other of launching drone attacks, but there were no immediate reports of hits on Black Sea or energy targets.
Putin rejected Trump’s proposal for a full ceasefire lasting 30 days, which Ukraine had previously endorsed. Lavrov, a veteran Russian diplomat at the helm of the foreign ministry since 2004, said the optimism of Witkoff who said that truce could come soon does not take under consideration the European allies of Kyiv.
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