The US announced that it had brokered a tentative agreement between Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe shipping in the Black Sea on March 25, 2025.
However, Russia has made it clear that it will only fully commit if Western sanctions on its agricultural exports and banking sector are lifted- something that Ukraine and its allies strongly oppose.
This agreement, reached after three days of indirect talks in Saudi Arabia, is not a full ceasefire but an effort to de-escalate...