Ukraine received four proposals for a ceasefire in the Black Sea

The proposals came from the US, India, Turkey and Egypt — Kyiv calls the Indian one the most extensive.

Ukraine has four proposals for an energy and Black Sea truce with Russia. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, writes “Hromadske”.

The initiatives came from the US, India, Turkey and Egypt. The Foreign Minister called the Indian one the most extensive of them — Delhi first proposed to play the role of a mediator in this issue.

“We voiced our vision, based on our logic and our understanding of how this should all happen. We are ready for an energy and Black Sea truce, but only in this combination. Energy and a truce in the Black Sea,” Sybiga said.

Regarding energy, we are talking about a complete truce — a cessation of attacks on all energy facilities, including port infrastructure.

Two proposals — Turkish and Egyptian — concern a food truce, that is, the restoration of the “grain corridor.” Turkey was the first to put forward such an initiative. Egypt is one-third dependent on Ukrainian grain and to a large extent on Russian, so resolving the issue is critically important for Cairo.

The fourth proposal, from the United States, concerns an energy truce — it was discussed during the meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump.

“We are ready for various formats of a truce, including an unconditional one along the contact line. We conveyed all this, and the Americans accepted it and are also working on this track,” the minister added.

Moscow’s reaction has so far been negative. On the same day, Vladimir Putin, during a speech at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, called the idea of ​​a mutual cessation of strikes on refineries and ships absurd. Earlier, Bloomberg reported that Russia rejected all proposals from Kyiv’s partners for a truce or moratorium on strikes in the Black Sea.

In early October, Turkey and the UN plan to hold talks in Ukraine and Russia to agree on a ceasefire in the Black Sea and protect grain exports.

As a reminder, in September, the Minister of Reconstruction, Infrastructure and Transport Mykola Kalashnyk reported that 1,173 port infrastructure facilities and 274 civilian vessels have been damaged or partially destroyed since the start of the full-scale invasion.

After July 22, cargo handling at the ports of Great Odesa has decreased by more than 15 times. Due to the blockade of transportation through the Black Sea, about 100 million tons of food from Russia and Ukraine cannot reach the world market.

The day before, USM reported that ship calls in Great Odesa have fallen almost 20 times, and cargo is being reoriented to the Danube.