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Russia has stated that some Western sanctions should be lifted before it begins with a marine ceasefire with Ukraine.

Within hours, when the US announced that both sides agreed to stop striking in the Black Sea in separate deals, the Kremlin said it would only happen after sanctions on a number of Russian banks were lifted.

Requirements include the recall of sanctions at the Rosselkhozbank State Agricultural Bank and restore firms to the SWIFT international payment system.

At night, Moscow started an attack on the drone on the port -Seat Nicholas, Ukrainian officials stated, and the president of the Bohdimir Zelensky stated that the strikes were “clear signals”, Russia did not want peace.

After a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia, The EU and its allies have rejected access to Swift for a number of Russian financial institutions.

The purpose was that Russian companies have lost access to the usual smooth and instant operations provided by SWIFT, violating payments for valuable energy and agricultural exports.

Changing this decision will be required by EU permit, a step that will look uncertain in light Recent European support statements Kyiv.

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said Russia could try to detain the end of the war.

“I think Russia wants to see its end, but it might be that they pull your feet. I’ve been doing it for years,” he said in an interview with Newsmax.

The maritime ceasefire was announced by the United States after three days of peace talks in Saudi Arabia.

However, Kiev and Moscow later published controversial statements in detail of the transaction, including when and how it will start.

Zelensky said he believed that the transaction does not require the sanctions to take effect and take effect immediately.

He called the Kremlin’s statement an attempt to “manipulate” transactions.

Following the announcement of the Agreement on Tuesday, Washington said all parties would continue to work on a “solid and lasting world”, adding that the agreement would again open the important trade route.

Ukraine and Russia also pledged to “develop measures” to implement a previously agreed ban on the attack on each other’s energy infrastructure, the White House said.

The Black Sea is located south of Ukraine and west of Russia, as well as borders with Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia.

It also borders on parts of Russia occupied by Russia – including Crimea.

This is a vital delivery route for Ukrainian exports, and after Russia came out on the initiative of the Black Maritime Grain in 2023, it stated that there would be any vessel that needed Ukraine as a potential military goal.

As a result, the export of grain of Ukraine decreased.