Kremlin Has Nothing to Say on Trump's Energy Ceasefire, Rejects Zelensky's Truce Proposal
The Kremlin said it wants long-term peace and has not agreed to the energy truce Trump announced, while Russia kept striking Ukraine's power grid.
- On Monday, Oct 12, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia has nothing to say regarding the energy ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump.
- Trump claimed on Oct 11 that Kyiv and Moscow agreed to an energy truce, though Russia reportedly violated the agreement by striking Kharkiv's power plant that evening.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated on Oct 12 that Ukraine will halt refinery strikes only if Russia ceases attacks on the Ukrainian power grid.
- Peskov also rejected Zelensky's proposal of a 60-day ceasefire to hold elections on Oct 12, asserting that the Kremlin wants a long-term peace deal instead.
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Oct 12, "I don't think he's earned a break," dismissing expectations of cooperation as Russia continues military operations.
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Trump's major ceasefire boast backfires almost immediately
President Donald Trump's announcement of an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine took an embarrassing turn on Monday after Moscow bombed a power plant in eastern Ukraine and declined to confirm the agreement. The setback came less than a day after Trump claimed that both countries had agreed to an energy ceasefire"Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not…
The Russian Federation has already broken the truce.
The Kremlin refused on Monday to confirm whether the truce on the attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure is in force, stating that it maintains contact with regard to the unilateral ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, reports AFP and Reuters.
The Russian authorities continue their dialogue with the US on the energy armistice with Ukraine, Dmitri Peskov, spoke to journalists on Monday.
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As soon as Russia has something to say about Trump's energy ceasefire, they will come out with it themselves, says Peskov.
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