United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his government is “analyzing” the conditions that Kremlin pointed out that they need to be met before a ceasefire agreement in the Black Sea with Ukraine can be implemented.
“We are thinking of all now. There are five or six conditions. We are analyzing them all,” said the Republican in the White House.
“We are in deep discussions with Russia and Ukraine. And I would say it’s going well,” he added.
Earlier on Tuesday, the White House stated that Ukraine and Russia – however, Kremlin stressed that there are several conditions before it can be implemented.
US officials have held a series of separate meetings with Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Saudi Arabia in recent days. The White House described the agreements that said the US signed with Russia and Ukraine in two separate but very similar statements on Tuesday.
Both said the US and each of the respective countries “agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.”
He confirmed at a news conference in Kiev that Ukraine agreed to stop using military strength in the Black Sea.
However, the Kremlin statement added that it would only implement the agreement when restrictions on their banks and food and fertilizer exports were suspended.
Understand the war between Russia and Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and entered the territory for three fronts: the Russian border, the Crimea and Belarus, a strong -ally country of Kremlin.
Forces loyal to President Vladimir Putin has achieved significant advances in the early days, but the Ukrainians managed to maintain Kiev control, even though the city was also attacked. The invasion was criticized internationally and Kremlin was the target of economic sanctions from the West.
Western intelligence denounces that Russia is using North Korea troops in the conflict in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believed Putin’s main goals are to occupy the entire Donbass region, covering the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and expel the Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region of Russia, of which have controlled parts since August.
Ivana Kottasová, Christian Edwards, Anna Chernova, Svitlana Vlasova, Kevin Liptak and CNN Angus Watson contributed to this report.
