Quote Originally Posted by BigFatPie View Post
*But shortly after Washington's announcement, the Kremlin said the Black Sea ceasefire would not take effect until sanctions were lifted from Russian banks, producers and exporters involved in the international food and fertiliser trades.*

The Black Sea is of course an area where Ukraine has had success with drone strikes on Russian shipping. What exactly is Russia giving up for the lifting of those sanctions?

Trumps top men no doubt let Putin know of their negotiating position on a social media chat group.
These ceasefire agreements are useful for seeing what is causing problems for the Russians if nothing else. We already knew thing weren't going well for them in the Black Sea, now we also know they are bothered by their exploding petrol refineries.

On social media you can see Russian military bloggers pissing themselves laughing at how gullible this US administration is. On Russian state TV they are still talking about the 'Russian World' (their way of saying Russian empire) not having any borders, meaning the borders are wherever they decide they should be, and keep getting bigger.