Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Russia and Ukraine are trading blame for continued air attacks on civilian targets in Ukrainian regions Sumy and Donetsk and on energy targets in Russia’s Krasnodar. Trump and Putin had a lengthy telephone call in which they discussed the ongoing Russian war with Ukraine. After the call, the White House announced that the two leaders had agreed on a 30-day pause on attacks on energy infrastructure targets. Russia and the US said they would begin talks on the terms for a ceasefire in the Black Sea. The US and Russia will expand their bilateral relationship. The move towards peace will begin with a halt on targeting energy infrastructure. Negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East on bringing maritime peace to the Black Sea. Russian and US experts are being created to work out terms for a settlement in Ukraine. To achieve a ceasefire across the line of contact, Moscow raised concerns about the rearmament of Ukrainian forces. The statement claimed that “barbaric terrorist crimes” had been committed by the Ukrainian army against civilians in Kursk. Russia is ready to guarantee the lives and decent treatment of Ukrainian troops in accordance with Russian and international law if they surrender. The US and Russia will make combined efforts to stabilise the situation in the Middle East. The Ukrainian president said Kyiv would support any attempt to bring peace to the region. He added that he wished to see specific details from Trump. Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Ukraine attacked an energy facility in the south of Russia’s Krasnodar region. In early March 2022, Russian troops occupied Zaphorizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest, in southeast Ukraine.
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