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🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 One negotiation, two versions: what the USA told Ukraine vs. what it told russia.
Publicly: both sides agreed to safe navigation in the Black Sea and avoiding civilian vessel use.
But beyond that — the messaging splits.
🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 One negotiation, two versions: what the USA told Ukraine vs. what it told russia.
Publicly: both sides agreed to safe navigation in the Black Sea and avoiding civilian vessel use.
But beyond that — the messaging splits.
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🇺🇦 heard:
▪️ Support for POW exchanges
▪️ Help returning deported children
🇺🇦 later added via Rustem Umerov:
▪️No russian naval movement beyond the eastern Black Sea — or Ukraine will respond
▪️ Help restoring access to global agri-markets
▪️ Lower shipping insurance
▪️ Port access and payment systems
In short: tangible economic relief (sanctions softening).
No actual agreement to stop energy strikes — just a vague plan to "develop measures."
Ukraine’s ports are still being hit. But this deal doesn’t mention it.
russia gives no real concessions.
USA gives them economic wins and international legitimacy.
Another round of empty peace talk. And soon: “Well, Pootin said he stopped, so we’re good, right?”
USA-Ukraine: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/outcomes-of-the-united-states-and-ukraine-expert-groups-on-the-black-sea/
USA-russia: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/outcomes-of-the-united-states-and-russia-expert-groups-on-the-black-sea/