India's ceasefire plan broadest of four, Ukraine says — SkimNews
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- Andrii Sybiha told reporters in Kyiv that India, Turkiye, Egypt, and the United States have each submitted ceasefire proposals, and that India's was the "broadest" of the four.
- Ukraine is ready to consider a ceasefire covering energy and port infrastructure and the Black Sea, "but only in this combination," Sybiha said, while reiterating Kyiv's call for an unconditional front-line truce.
- Vladimir Putin said at the Valdai International Discussion Club that PM Modi has "very good ideas" for ending the conflict and "constantly raises the issue" at every meeting, per state-run TASS.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would welcome India's peace efforts and that Moscow's position is aligned with New Delhi's emphasis on dialogue and diplomacy.
- Moscow has rejected an unconditional front-line ceasefire, insisting instead on a comprehensive peace agreement, a position that directly complicates Kyiv's preferred format.
- The proposals emerged as Russia intensified aerial attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, and the Black Sea remains one of the world's most dangerous commercial shipping zones due to strikes by both sides on ports and merchant vessels.
Why it matters: Kyiv's designation of India's plan as the "broadest" of four — outranking proposals from the US, Egypt, and Turkiye — elevates Modi's non-aligned mediation credentials on a stage where Western efforts have stalled. But Russia's pre-existing rejection of a front-line-only ceasefire means the most ambitious proposal is also the one least likely to clear Moscow's threshold, making the energy-and-Black-Sea focus the realistic middle ground.
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