Zelenskyy: If Russia stops strikes on our energy infrastructure, we will respond in kind
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv is ready to stop strikes on Russia's energy infrastructure if Moscow agrees to reciprocal steps. Ukraine has conveyed the proposal to the Russian side through the United States.
Source: Zelenskyy in his evening address on 6 April
Quote: "If Russia is ready to stop strikes on our energy infrastructure, we will be ready to respond in kind. And our proposal – conveyed through the Americans – has been delivered to the Russian side."
Details: Zelenskyy also thanked Ukraine's partners who continue to pressure Russia through sanctions, stopping tankers and restricting supplies of modern equipment to Russia.
He stressed that everything Russia currently earns from oil exports goes towards the war: "Therefore, every restriction on their ability to export oil is the right step."
The president noted that Russia, as an oil-producing country, is seeking to increase its revenues because of the war in Iran, but Ukrainian drones and missiles are limiting its ability to do so.
Background:
- The Kremlin has said that although the trilateral negotiation process on resolving the war in Ukraine is currently on hold, Russia continues to exchange information with the US.
- On the night of 5-6 April, drones operated by Special Operations Centre Alpha (part of the Security Service of Ukraine), working together with the defence forces, struck the Sheskharis oil terminal at the port of Novorossiysk in Russia's Krasnodar Krai.
- During a meeting with Zelenskyy, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confirmed his country's readiness to host the next round of talks on ending the Russo-Ukrainian war, and Zelenskyy supported the proposal.
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