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| Peskov announces the end of the moratorium on strikes on energy facilities |
| 2025-04-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The 30-day moratorium on strikes on energy infrastructure facilities between Russia and Ukraine has expired, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet given any instructions on this matter. “The month has indeed passed, but at the present time there have been no other instructions from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President Putin,” he responded to a corresponding question from journalists during a briefing. Peskov stressed that Russia had adhered to the moratorium throughout its entire term, unlike Ukraine. At the same time, he called the introduction of restrictions on strikes on energy facilities some progress in resolving the conflict. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 18, Putin supported the proposal of US President Donald Trump to introduce a 30-day moratorium on strikes on energy facilities between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian military promptly carried out the order, including disarming seven of their drones that were sent to attack energy facilities in the Nikolaev region. However, despite the statement by the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, about joining the agreement, already on the night of March 19, Ukrainian forces attacked an oil depot in the Krasnodar region. After that, they continued to systematically strike Russian energy infrastructure. As of April 15, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have violated the moratorium about 100 times. Attacks on Russian energy facilities are carried out almost daily. Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have carried out four strikes on energy facilities in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and Voronezh regions. They attacked high-voltage power lines, a complete transformer substation and an overhead gas distribution pipeline. On April 17, the UN Security Council consultations closed, where they discussed the results of the moratorium on suspending strikes on energy facilities. Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya reported after them that the Russian side asked Ukraine's Western supporters whether they were ready to put pressure on Zelensky to comply with the agreements, but there was no answer. |
| Posted by:badanov |