Exclusive: Putin puts a price on Trump's Ukraine energy truce — Kyiv fears the cost
Moscow is pressing for sanctions relief and possibly frozen assets as it weighs a halt to strikes on energy infrastructure, officials said.
- A Ukrainian delegation meets with President Donald Trump's envoys in Washington on Friday to discuss proposals for an energy and Black Sea ceasefire aimed at halting infrastructure attacks.
- Russia is tying a potential ceasefire to sanctions relief, a demand Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev communicated during September meetings with Kushner and Witkoff, according to three people familiar with the negotiations.
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on October 8 that Russia saw no point in a sectoral ceasefire, calling it Kyiv's "Achilles' heel," though officials privately signaled Moscow might consider the initiative.
- Following a Russian attack on Kyiv's energy infrastructure yesterday, Ukrainian officials fear Moscow is using negotiations to secure concessions while continuing its military campaign.
- President Donald Trump seeks to demonstrate progress on Ukraine before U.S. midterm elections, though one diplomat warned that releasing sanctioned funds could escalate the war.
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The Kyiv Independent: Russia wants sanctions lifted in exchange for halting strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure
Russian authorities have asked the United States to lift sanctions as part of talks on an “energy ceasefire,” The Kyiv Independent reported, citing Ukrainian and American sources. Russian officials are also trying to link sanctions relief to a ceasefire in the Black Sea, according to the outlet’s sources.
Russia has asked the United States to ease sanctions as part of talks on a possible energy truce with Ukraine. Moscow is trying to tie the cessation of attacks on energy infrastructure to an end to attacks on seaborne supplies in the Black Sea, the Kyiv Independent reports, citing U.S. and Ukrainian officials familiar with the talks. According to the sources, Russia has signaled in private conversations that it may discuss a mutual cessation of …
Russia Keeps Striking Ukraine’s Energy Grid—Now It Wants Sanctions Relief to Stop, Report Says
Russia is seeking sanctions relief from the United States in exchange for a possible agreement to suspend attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, while also pushing to include a ceasefire in the Black Sea as part of a wider arrangement.
Russia is demanding sanctions relief in exchange for an energy ceasefire in Ukraine. Kiev fears Moscow is trying to squeeze more concessions.
Publicly, Russia rejects the energy truce with Ukraine - Behind the scenes, however, it is setting conditions to enter the conversation, according to Kyiv Independent - Ukrainian delegation in Washington today
Russia called on the United States to relax sanctions in talks on a possible energy truce with Ukraine, while also trying to correlate this initiative with an truce in the Black Sea, told Kyiv Independent...
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