Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that despite the agreement reached through the United States on a ceasefire in the Black Sea and a cessation of strikes on energy facilities, Russia is already engaged in manipulation, Reuters reported.
"Unfortunately, even now, even today, on the very day of the negotiations, we see how the Russians have already started to manipulate", Zelensky said in his evening video address to the nation.
"They are already trying to distort the agreements and, in fact, to deceive both our mediators and the whole world", he added.
Zelensky said that the Kremlin is lying when it says that the agreements on shipping in the Black Sea are related to the sanctions regime imposed on Moscow.
Ukraine will do everything possible to implement the agreements, but Russia must understand that if it starts strikes, he said. "They will receive a strong response", the Ukrainian head of state announced.