REFINING: Zelensky and Trump Discussed an Energy Ceasefire on Tuesday
Zelensky met Trump in New York on Sept. 22 to discuss ceasefire proposals in Ukraine and a path toward ending Russia's invasion. * Zelensky told reporters after the meeting with Trump that the leaders discussed a proposed ceasefire on energy infrastructure attacks. Ukraine, for its part, is ready to accept such a deal. * "We don't want to go into details - we are ready for energy ceasefire," Zelensky told reporters after the meeting. * Ukraine supports a total ceasefire on all energy infrastructure, including oil and diesel refineries, Zelensky said, but it will only work if Russia commits to the same truce. * "We are ready for any kind of format of energy ceasefire.... We are very thankful to American side. They will share it with Russians. I don't know the Russian position," Zelensky said. * We have seen these sorts of comments before but have so far fallen well short of getting close to an energy related ceasefire. * There are no prerequisites for the Ukraine peace talks just yet but Russia stays open to that, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier on Wednesday.
Zelensky met Trump in New York on Sept. 22 to discuss ceasefire proposals in Ukraine and a path toward ending Russia's invasion. * Zelensky told reporters after the meeting with Trump that the leaders discussed a proposed ceasefire on energy infrastructure attacks. Ukraine, for its part, is ready to accept such a deal.
* "We don't want to go into details - we are ready for energy ceasefire," Zelensky told reporters after the meeting. * Ukraine supports a total ceasefire on all energy infrastructure, including oil and diesel refineries, Zelensky said, but it will only work if Russia commits to the same truce. * "We are ready for any kind of format of energy ceasefire.... We are very thankful to American side.
They will share it with Russians. I don't know the Russian position," Zelensky said. * We have seen these sorts of comments before but have so far fallen well short of getting close to an energy related ceasefire. * There are no prerequisites for the Ukraine peace talks just yet but Russia stays open to that, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier on Wednesday.