Waffenruhe in sight? Kiev's delegation meets in Saudi Arabia!

Waffenruhe in sight? Kiev's delegation meets in Saudi Arabia!

Odessa, Ukraine - After the Ukraine has made a proposal for a ceasefire, the attacks on the country are piling up. The port city of Odessa was bombed by Russian drones last night. The Ukrainian Presidential Office reported that despite the ongoing talks about a ceasefire, civil objects were met in the city, which led to important damage and several injuries. "Odessa is on fire," said the head of the Ukrainian President's office, Andrej Jermak, and found that the attack "although a ceasefire was supposed to prevail, which Putin was supposed to violate" (according to the Berliner newspaper).

In the meantime, a Ukrainian delegation team under Defense Minister Rustem Umerow leads negotiations in Saudi Arabia to discuss the critical situation, as well as the possibility of a ceasefire that, according to Kiev, should be at least as far as suggested. However, Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin had rejected the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire and only ordered a one-month suspension of attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure. However, this promise is considered unbelievable by Kiev, since Russia has not implemented consequences. President Wolodymyr Selenskyj has also clarified that the UN does not offer sufficient protection against Russian aggression and thus are therefore necessary for security guarantees after an agreement with Moscow (as reported by Vienna.at).

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The situation is also tightened by the bombing of civilians, which represent an alarming answer to the planned discussions in Saudi Arabia. Local authorities in Odessa reported three injuries, including minors, through the air raids on residential buildings and shops. Further attacks were recorded in the Saporischschja region, where five people, including a child, were injured. A functioning nuclear power plant in the area also remains a central topic in international discussions.

The delegations will have separate conversations, while the ceasefire is already being discussed in theory. This leads to a field of tension in which both the Ukrainian and the Russian side claim not to comply with the opposing suggestions. Framed by these serious developments, the USA and Ukraine are planning to negotiate the security of infrastructure and shipping routes in the coming time as well as the further energy supply. The weight of this diplomacy will be decisive for the future interpretation of the ceasefire, which may be sought in the near future.