Ukraine and Russia Dispute Claims of Energy Ceasefire

No attacks have been made on energy facilities in Ukraine and Russia following reports of a partial ceasefire, Ukraine claims. But Russia disagrees.

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Ukraine and Russia Dispute Claims of Energy Ceasefire
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The Ministry of Defense in Moscow claims, among other things, that Ukraine has fired a drone at a power plant and shelled an electrical substation in the Brjansk region on Thursday. The information is difficult to verify, like many other reports during the war.

A few hours earlier, a high-ranking Ukrainian source presented a contradictory picture.

Since March 25, we have not seen any direct Russian hits on the energy sector, so we have not attacked them, the source told the AFP news agency.

Ukraine also denies Russia's claims of Ukrainian attacks on a power plant and electrical substation, saying it is "not true".

The proposal to refrain from shooting at each other's energy facilities was originally put forward by the Russian side in the discussions both sides had with the US in Saudi Arabia.

However, to what extent this has become a reality has been uncertain for some time. Russian leader Vladimir Putin was reported to have agreed to a month-long ceasefire in a phone call with his American counterpart Donald Trump last week. But after that, Ukraine also said that the partial ceasefire was not being observed.

After new talks in Saudi Arabia, the US said on Tuesday that both sides had agreed to "develop measures to implement" an energy ceasefire.

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