Kremlin calls energy truce ‘a very good idea’ but says it ‘won’t solve the world’s problems’
Russian officials are calling the energy ceasefire proposed by the U.S. president — a mutual pledge by Russia and Ukraine to stop striking each other’s energy infrastructure — “a very good idea,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. But he said the truce alone won’t save world markets from shortages.
“Ensuring the safe operation of refineries and increasing petroleum product output doesn’t solve the world’s problems. Because the main problem is exporting petroleum products to world markets,” he said, according to the Telegram channel Vy Slushali.
Peskov said the ceasefire would help saturate Russia’s domestic market, though he added that the market is already “close to being fully saturated.”
Fixing the fuel shortage on world markets, the Kremlin spokesperson said, would require Ukrainian forces to stop attacking oil tankers and sanctions on Russian energy exports to be lifted.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on September 14 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop striking each other’s energy infrastructure. Overnight on September 15, Ukrainian drones struck the Syzran oil refinery, while Russian forces carried out another strike on Kyiv, damaging two gas stations, among other things.
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