Former US official: Ukraine truce favors Russia

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00:00We've got two ceasefire agreements here that have been agreed by the United States after

00:06those talks in Saudi Arabia.

00:07One maritime in the Black Sea, the other relating now to energy targets.

00:12How significant are these developments?

00:15Well, I think they're potentially quite significant.

00:21Energy is a very important element to Ukrainian sovereignty and the Black Sea is important

00:29to the economies of both Ukraine and Russia.

00:33Of course, the devil is in the details.

00:37It's not surprising that Vladimir Putin, who has been just sitting on the sidelines watching

00:43Donald Trump give him this, that, and the other thing, is saying, Donald, I'd like to

00:47do this for you, but I need one more thing in terms of sanctions.

00:52So far, this is a one-way process where Russia is getting a lot and has not yet been asked

00:59to give anything significant in return.