The new proposal announced by Zelenskiy comes two days after French President Emmanuel Macron revealed that he was negotiating with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to offer a partial ceasefire similar to the one detailed by the Ukrainian leader, although only for one month. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot added that the intention of “a truce in the sky, at sea and in the energy infrastructure is to test whether Vladimir Putin has good intentions to seal a truce.”
Thank you for the context. The current dynamics is that with the waning Russian fleet, Turkey is building up to dominate.
The Montreux Convention needs to be overridden with a total ban of military activity in the Black Sea basin. This is necessary both to protect its fragile ecosystem and as a step towards long-lasting peace in the wider region.