Russia and Ukraine agrees to avoid strikes on energy infrastructure or ships in the Black Sea following successful US negotiations

The White House, Russia and Ukraine, as well as an effective maritime ceasefire, today after the US -mediated negotiations in Saudi Arabia, they agreed to stop strikes on energy infrastructure, he said.

Both sides agreed separately to avoid military strikes on ships that the Trump administration is of primary importance to allow unauthorized commercial transportation in the region.

In parallel expressions, the White House, each country ‘safe navigation, eliminating the use of power, and the use of commercial ships for military purposes in the Black Sea agreed to prevent the use of commercial ships’, he said.

He also said that after the US and Ukraine accused both sides of accusing of violating the ceasefire last week, they agreed to develop measures to apply a prohibition against both Ukraine and Russia energy facilities.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov added in a statement showing that recent talks in Riyadh focus on the release and return of prisoners and children.

‘Nobody wants more peace than Ukrainians and our position remains honest, transparent and consistent’. However, the Ukrainian side, the military ships outside the eastern part of the Black Sea, any Russian movement will be seen as a violation of the agreement ’emphasized’ he added.

“In this case, Ukraine will have the right to exercise the right to defense, ı he wrote, drawing light red lines for engagement.

Smoke fluctuations from a residential building after a missile attack in Northeast Ukraine, Sumy on March 24, 2025

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, on which the negotiations between Russia and the United States aim to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, 24 March, Riyadh, Riyadh, Riyadh

The White House has published two readings from the talks and emphasizes the main achievements of both Russian and Ukraine perspectives.

Russia -specific reading will help the United States’ access to the world market for the agricultural and fertilizer exports of Russia, and will help to reduce the costs of maritime insurance, and to increase access to ports and payment systems for such transactions.

The Ukrainian reading stressed that the US decided to help the US ‘exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian prisoners and to return to Ukrainian children forcibly transferred.

Today’s talks followed a summit among Russian representatives in Riyadh on Monday.

Lavrov, who understands Russia’s negotiations with the United States, said that the Kremlin is willing to make a new agreement with Ukraine, subject to some security guarantees at sea.

Lavrov, Ukraine, quietly insulting, “Considering the sad experience of agreements with KYIV, guarantees can only be the result of an order from Washington to Zelenskyy and his team to do anything.