Zelenskyy: Russia keeps striking Ukraine’s energy despite ceasefire claims

In a post on Telegram, he said the Defense Forces’ retaliatory strikes were having a tangible impact on Russia.

“Russia has not stopped striking our energy sector, regular logistics and critical infrastructure. And our responses are being felt,” he said.

Zelenskyy also said Ukraine’s Defense Forces had provided new information on the Syzran oil refinery. They also struck a drone production business in Taganrog and a drone preparation and launch site in Oryol Oblast. Strikes were also carried out in the Black Sea, he added.

“I thank every one of our warriors for the effectiveness of our long-range sanctions,” Zelenskyy said.

On Sept. 14, Zelenskyy said the United States had proposed that Ukraine and Russia mutually halt strikes on critical infrastructure.

On Sept. 14, Trump said Ukraine had agreed not to strike Russian energy facilities and that Russia had allegedly agreed not to strike Ukrainian energy facilities.

Trump also claimed that rising global diesel prices were “caused primarily by Russia’s war against Ukraine,” rather than the situation surrounding Iran.

In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready to refrain from striking Russian infrastructure if partners could guarantee that Russia would not strike Ukrainian energy facilities.

Financial Times chief Ukraine correspondent Christopher Miller later reported that Trump had moved too quickly in announcing an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine because no final agreement had yet been reached.

FT sources said Russian dictator Vladimir Putin does not want to reach an agreement before winter because he believes attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure could increase pressure on Kyiv to make concessions.