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Ukraine Ready for Joint Energy and Black Sea Truce as 4 Countries Send Proposals
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Ukraine has received energy and maritime ceasefire proposals from four countries—the United States, India, Türkiye, and Egypt, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated.
Speaking to journalists, as reported by Hromadske, he confirmed that Kyiv is willing to accept a joint truce covering both energy facilities and Black Sea shipping routes, framing a full energy halt as one that must protect power sites alongside port facilities amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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According to Sybiha, India offered the broadest proposal among the four nations. Meanwhile, Türkiye and Egypt focused on food security and grain exports in the Black Sea, with Egypt relying on Ukraine for one-third of its grain supply alongside substantial Russian imports.
The United States proposed an energy-focused truce following discussions between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump.
Sybiha added that Ukraine views a truce as a viable outcome of a potential meeting between President Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin, noting that Kyiv has shared its terms with Washington for further diplomatic efforts.
“We voiced our vision, based on our logic and our understanding of how this should all happen. We are ready for an energy and Black Sea ceasefire, but only in such a combination. Energy and ceasefire in the Black Sea,” the minister said, according to Hromadske.
“In general, we believe that one of the results of a meeting between President Zelenskyy and Putin could be a ceasefire. We are ready for various ceasefire formats, including an unconditional one along the current line of contact. We passed all this on, and the Americans accepted it and are also working on this track,” he added.
Previously, Russian leader Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow would consider using all available weapons, including its nuclear arsenal, if Kaliningrad or any other Russian territory faced a direct attack or blockade.
Speaking at the Valdai Foreign Policy Forum, he addressed Western claims of potential Russian aggression by 2030, claiming that Moscow had no intention of initiating hostilities against European nations.
Putin noted that Ukrainian strikes on Russian domestic energy sites had reduced the country's gross domestic product by approximately 1%, while defending those strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure as responses to attacks on Russian oil refineries and Black Sea vessels. In turn, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte rejected Moscow's claims regarding a potential blockade of Kaliningrad, emphasizing that alliance exercises in the Baltic Sea remained purely defensive.
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