Odesa residents voice doubt any ceasefire with Russia can hold

Record ID: 1985841

  • Title: Odesa residents voice doubt any ceasefire with Russia can hold
  • Date: 25th March 2025
  • Summary: ODESA, UKRAINE (MARCH 25, 2025) (REUTERS) SHIP AT SEA VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT SEASIDE SHIP AT SEA (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) ODESA RESIDENT, INNA ZHELEZNIAK, SAYING “They (Russians) never keep their words. All these deals will not be in Ukraine’s favour.” SHIP AT SEA SOLDIERS AT SEASIDE SHIP AT SEA PEOPLE AT SEASIDE (SOUNDBITE) (English) IT SPECIALIST, ANASTASIIA DRACHENKO, SAYI
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  • Keywords: Black sea Ceasefire Maritime ceasefire Russian invasion War in Ukraine
  • Location: ODESA, UKRAINE
  • City: ODESA, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001160525032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The U.S. said it had reached separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and to implement a ban on attacks by the two countries on each other's energy facilities .
    Speaking in Ukraine's Black Sea city, residents said they feared the agreement with Russia would be fragile.
    “They (Russians) never keep their words. All these deals will not be in Ukraine’s favour,” Said Inna Zhelezniak, Odesa Resident.
    The focus on the Black Sea is a much narrower one than a broad 30-day ceasefire agreement that the U.S. proposed in Saudi Arabia earlier this month, an indication that Russia may still be some way from agreeing to any significant pause in fighting.
    Ukraine has inflicted significant damage on Russia's Black Sea Fleet since 2022, forcing Moscow to move some vessels out of its base in Crimea.
    (Production: Iryna Nazarchuk, Eleanor Biles, Andrii Pryimachenko)
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