Good news? Perhaps, if it holds. But it may be more ‘good’ for one side.
Let’s start with “if it holds.” US negotiators have convinced both Ukraine and Russia to end attacks on energy infrastructure and to stop all offensive operations in the Black Sea. This agreement follows an earlier understanding that such attacks would stop in advance of negotiations, but continued anyway:
The White House said Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea and to implement a ban on attacks on energy facilities by the two neighbors, an apparent breakthrough after American negotiators held separate talks with both countries.
Negotiators had agreed with both countries “to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,” the White House said in two separate…
