London – The success of the emerging potential agreement between Ukraine and Russia to pause the naval and energy infrastructure attacks will depend on Moscow, said Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, warning that Kiev did not trust Russian President Vladimir Putin after more than three years of full -scale war.
“Now the results of Russia are needed,” Zelenski said at his evening address on Tuesday. “We don’t believe them. And frankly – the world does not trust Russia. And they must prove that they are really ready to end the war – ready to stop lying to the world, the president [Donald] Trump to America. “
“How Russia behaves in the coming days will reveal a lot – if not everything,” he said.
“If there are again air raid signals, if there is a renewed military activity in the Black Sea, if Russian manipulations and threats continue – then new measures will have to be taken, more special against Moscow,” Zelenski said.
A worker cuts metal structures during repairs to a substation destroyed by a Russian impact on drones on an undisclosed place in Ukraine on March 25, 2025.
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Russia and Ukraine “agreed to provide safe navigation, to eliminate the use of force and to prevent the use of merchant ships in the Black Sea,” according to the White House readings, published on Tuesday after three days of meetings with representatives of Kiev and Moscow in Saudi Arabia.
Nations have also agreed to “develop measures to implement the strike agreement against energy facilities in Russia and Ukraine,” the White House said. Trump said, “We make great progress.”
The drone strikes continued on Tuesday night on Wednesday, despite the obvious progress on a partial agreement to end fire.
The Ukraine Air Force said Russia fired 117 drones in the country overnight, of which 56 were removed and 48 were lost on flight. “Sums, Denpropetrovsk, Kirovhhrad and Cherkasi were affected by the Russian attack,” the Air Force wrote on Telegram.
In Russia, the Ministry of Defense said its forces were overthrowing nine Ukrainian drones, including two over the Black Sea. In the Western Belgorod region, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said an attack on drone wounds one man and broke the windows of several buildings.
There are questions about the nuances and the degree of agreements. Russia and Ukraine have released their own testimony, emphasizing different elements of what is supposed to be agreed with the United States
Russia, for example, said the US agreed to “help to restore access to the world market for Russian exports of agricultural products and fertilizers,” plus to reduce the cost of delivery and expansion of access to ports and payment systems. Such steps will require some sanctions against Russian agricultural and food companies, the Kremlin said.
This point was not reflected in Ukrainian reporting. Kyiv’s announcement also says that the United States will help the military exchange, the release of civil detainees and the return of violently transferred Ukrainian children – a topic not mentioned in Russian reporting.
After Putin spoke with Trump last week, the White House said the proposed 30-day partial termination of fire would stop the attacks against “energy and infrastructure”. The Kremlin said the agreement refers to “energy infrastructure”. The White House statement on Tuesday returned to the wording used by Russia.
Russia said the proposed 30-day break in attacks on energy infrastructure began on March 18, and on Tuesday it published a list of facilities subject to strike at strikes. Moscow said that both sides can give up freezing in the event of violations from the other. All nuclear and other power plants, oil and gas deposits, pipelines and storage facilities, plus hydroelectric dams were among the facilities included.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski spoke with journalists during his press conference in Kiev on March 25, 2025.
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Both sides accused the other of continuing to attack energy and other critical infrastructure goals through negotiations to end fire.
“I think there will be a million questions and details,” Zelenski said, shortly after the news was announced.
Later, in his already evening video address, Zelenski said that the burden for the success of the partial termination of the fire was Moscow.
“Diplomacy has to work,” he added. “And from the Ukrainian side, we do everything to happen. Thank you to everyone who helps. I am grateful to the United States for the constructive and effective work of our teams.”
Patrick Revel, Anna Sergeeva on ABC News and Will Greez have contributed to this report.
