German defence minister says Putin’s desire to render Ukraine defenceless is ‘very transparent’
US envoy Steve Witkoff said in a televised interview overnight that US-Russia talks are expected to continue on Sunday, with the two sides meeting again in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Speaking to Fox, he suggested that Russians have also signed up to a form of agreement on “the Black Sea maritime aspect of a ceasefire,” and added that he was “certainly hopeful that Ukrainians will agree to it.”
“The point is that, up until recently, we really didn’t have consensus around these two aspects, the energy and infrastructure ceasefire and the Black Sea moratorium on firing.
And today we got to that place, and I think it’s a relatively short distance to a full ceasefire from there.
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Author : Jakub Krupa
Publish date : 2025-03-19 08:21:00
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