Kaja Kallas Says EU Would Welcome Energy Truce 'When It Holds'
Kallas said the bloc backs a truce only if Russia follows it, as EU ministers prepared new sanctions on Moscow.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday the bloc supports an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia "when it holds," following President Donald Trump's surprise announcement.
- Trump sowed confusion Sunday by announcing an "energy ceasefire," which sparked astonishment in Kyiv and silence from Moscow, while defending easing sanctions on Russian diesel.
- Skepticism deepened as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported Russian strikes on power plants in Kharkiv and the capital on Sunday, undermining claims of a functioning truce.
- Kallas argued any truce must cover more than oil refineries, saying "where Ukraine has one and Russia has plenty, so it's definitely in the benefit of the Russians."
- While Australia backed the ceasefire, Kallas urged Washington to "ramp up sanctions" on Moscow instead, stating "If we want to end this war, the only way we can do this is putting more pressure on Russia.
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The foreign ministers of the European Union supported the initiative to stop attacks between Russia and Ukraine on energy infrastructure facilities, head of European diplomacy Kaya Kallas said at a press conference
The foreign ministers of the European Union supported the initiative to stop strikes between Russia and Ukraine on energy infrastructure facilities, head of European diplomacy Kaya Kallas said at a press conference. "The ceasefire cannot work if...
The European Union is ready to support a truce of strikes on energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine "as soon as it will".
The European Union is ready to support a truce of strikes on energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine "as soon as it will" said its chief of diplomacy Kaja Kallas on Monday.
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