Ukraine has, through a third party, proposed to Russia that both sides halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea.Ukraine has not yet received a response to the proposal, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.The offer came as both Kyiv and Moscow continue to trade blame over strikes disrupting grain shipments that could possibly cause food prices to surge this year.Tanker strikes paused at US requestUkraine has already paused drone strikes on oil tankers using Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after a request from US Vice President JD Vance, the Financial Times reported, citing Ukrainian authorities.The request followed US concerns that Ukraine was destabilizing oil markets and harming American companies by targeting tankers carrying Kazakh crude bound for a Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal at the port.A US official told Reuters that the Trump administration had warned Kyiv to “cease and desist” from targeting non-Russian vessels and CPC infrastructure, adding that Washington views the CPC as an alternative to Russian energy supplies.According to the official, Ukraine has reaffirmed it will refrain from striking CPC infrastructure and non-Russian vessels bound for the terminal, “as long as they are not subject to Ukrainian sanctions.”Black Sea drone attacks knocked out as much as a fifth of CPC oil loadings in July, according to four sources familiar with the data cited by Reuters, disrupting sales by Kazakhstan and Western oil majors.