内容摘要：But it has meant delays for passengers at busy periods, and issues began again ahead of the May bank holiday.

But it has meant delays for passengers at busy periods, and issues began again ahead of the May bank holiday.

Zelensky said he believed the deal did not require sanctions relief to come into force and would take effect immediately.He called the Kremlin's statement an attempt to "manipulate" the deals.

The Black Sea has not been a central focus of fighting for some time.In the first stages of the war, Ukraine successfully targeted Russia's fleet in its Crimean home ports and as of last summer, Ukraine said it had destroyed 28 Russian vessels.With what was left of the Russian fleet fleeing south and east to Russian and Abkhazian ports, Ukraine has been successfully exporting goods - with grain exports at near pre-war levels - via shipping which hugged the western seaboard of the Black Sea.

So any maritime ceasefire – if it comes into force – is unlikely to reshape the balance of the war that is largely being fought on the ground.Dr Jenny Mathers, a senior professor of international politics at Aberystwyth University and expert on Russian politics, said the maritime ceasefire would provide Russia with a "big advantage" as it was currently struggling to export its agricultural produce.

"Ukraine has managed to get out a lot of its agricultural produce through the Black Sea, and it's managed to successfully target Russian shipping, so Russia doesn't use the Black Sea at the moment," Dr Mathers said.

The Black Sea Grain Initiative was struck in 2022, allowing safe passage of commercial ships travelling to and from Ukraine, with UN officials helping Russia get its food and fertiliser exports to foreign markets in return.“We strongly disagree with her sweeping comments about the ‘vast majority’ of our 600-plus candidates, the vast majority of whom she can never even have met.

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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has hailed a "record-breaking" night for his party after it won 71 seats.That represents a big