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Why Moscow is staying tight-lipped on Trump's energy ceasefire

Monday 12 October21:17 · 2h agoAI summary
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Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed a ceasefire on energy strikes, but Moscow has not confirmed it and is treating the idea as useful to its own side.

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01Summary

  1. 01On Sunday, Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed an immediate ceasefire on strikes on energy infrastructure.
  2. 02Volodymyr Zelensky said the announcement was "news for me", but said Ukraine would sign up if Russia did.
  3. 03Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would say more only "as soon as we have anything to say about this".
  4. 04Pro-Kremlin media called the reported ceasefire "a gift" for Moscow and said it would stop Ukraine hitting Russian refineries.
  5. 05On Monday, Ukraine said Russia had hit several energy targets overnight and into the morning.

02Why it matters

Energy strikes have been a major part of the war, affecting power supplies, fuel and pressure on both sides. Any deal, if real, could shape Ukraine’s ability to strike Russian oil sites and influence US support.

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