WIRE — Moscow has not received a formal proposal for a moratorium on Black Sea strikes, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Friday. A day earlier, Reuters reported that Kyiv had used an intermediary to deliver a proposal to Moscow for a mutual halt to strikes on civilian targets in the Black Sea. Reuters did not name the intermediary directly, but it was likely Turkey — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had already said on August 8 that Ankara had sent a moratorium proposal to both sides in the conflict.
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