Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova rejected a Turkish-floated proposal to halt Ukrainian and Russian attacks on Black Sea shipping, calling a limited ceasefire a
she says, would only let Ukraine rearm. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had raised the idea in interviews, though Zakharova says it never arrived through official channels; a separate Ukrainian proposal relayed through third parties met the same fate.
Ukraine has been using drones to target Russian oil tankers and grain freighters in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea, while Russia has struck Ukrainian ports, stalling international shipping there. Separately, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ruled out freezing the ground front line, insisting Ukraine must withdraw from the remainder of Donbas it still holds, which Kyiv rejects while saying it would accept a front-line halt.
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