{"id":1277,"date":"2025-01-19T12:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russia-condemns-100-year-partnership-agreement-between-ukraine-and-uk\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:03:22","slug":"russia-condemns-100-year-partnership-agreement-between-ukraine-and-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russia-condemns-100-year-partnership-agreement-between-ukraine-and-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia condemns 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/213eb4fab6527c39e0ce5fa008b4f0b8_1737025391_extra_large.jpeg\" alt=\"Russia condemns 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and UK\"><\/p>\n<p>Russia criticized a newly announced 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and the U.K., rejecting any cooperation between the two nations in the Azov Sea. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Jan. 18 declared such claims to the region a &#8220;gross interference&#8221; in Russia\u2019s affairs, claiming they would face firm resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-says-it-will-counter-any-uk-ukraine-cooperation-sea-azov-2025-01-18\/\">expressed concern<\/a> on Jan. 17 over potential deployment of British military assets in Ukraine under the agreement, particularly in the Azov Sea. Russia views the sea as part of its territory, citing its proximity to Russian borders, areas of southern Ukraine under Russian occupation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russian-officer-jailed-over-helicopter-downing\/\">Crimea<\/a>, annexed by Moscow in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Zakharova dismissed the agreement as meaningless from Russia\u2019s perspective, calling it a &#8220;PR campaign&#8221; by Kyiv. She added that Moscow considers the Sea of Azov an &#8220;internal sea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The partnership, announced on Jan. 16 during British Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/uk-to-send-ukraine-artillery-barrels-air-defense-system-as-part-of-2-6b-package-funded-by-russian-assets\/\">Keir Starmer\u2019s visit to Kyiv<\/a>, includes commitments to strengthen military cooperation in the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, and Sea of Azov. Starmer pledged to support Ukraine with robust security guarantees if negotiations for a ceasefire with Russia move forward.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement marked Starmer\u2019s first visit to Ukraine as prime minister and highlighted the U.K.&#8217;s continued support for <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\">President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>. Starmer described <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraine-uk-sign-100-year-partnership-agreement\/\">the long-term partnership<\/a> as a commitment to Ukraine\u2019s security and sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s objections underline ongoing tensions over control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-building-ring-road-around-azov-sea-putin-says\/\">Azov Sea<\/a>, a strategic waterway central to both economic and military interests in the region. Moscow\u2019s position signals potential challenges to Ukraine and U.K.\u2019s efforts to enhance cooperation in contested areas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/uk-to-play-full-part-in-peacekeeping-efforts-in-ukraine-starmer-says\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">UK to play \u2018full part\u2019 in peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine, Starmer says<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had discussed the possibility of deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting in Kyiv.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Russia condemns 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and UK\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Abbey Fenbert<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2194219228.jpg\" alt=\"Russia condemns 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and UK\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-condemns-100-year-partnership-agreement-between-ukraine-and-uk\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia criticized a newly announced 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and the U.K., rejecting any cooperation between the two nations in the Azov Sea. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Jan. 18 declared such claims to the region a &#8220;gross interference&#8221; in Russia\u2019s affairs, claiming they would face firm resistance. The Kremlin expressed concern<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russia-condemns-100-year-partnership-agreement-between-ukraine-and-uk\/\"> [&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1152,1],"tags":[1983,1882,96,2130,1683,1984,1171,36,66],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kyivindependent","category-news","tag-100-year","tag-agreement","tag-and","tag-between","tag-condemns","tag-partnership","tag-russia","tag-uk","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia condemns 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and UK - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russia-condemns-100-year-partnership-agreement-between-ukraine-and-uk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia condemns 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and UK - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia criticized a newly announced 100-year partnership agreement between Ukraine and the U.K., rejecting any cooperation between the two nations in the Azov Sea. 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