Russia and US agree list of energy facilities for truce with Ukraine – Kremlin
The list includes nuclear power plants, oil and gas facilities, hydroelectric power plants, and other installations
The Kremlin has released a comprehensive list of energy facilities subject to a temporary US-brokered truce between Russia and Ukraine. The pause in long-range strikes against such targets took effect on March 18 and will last for 30 days, Moscow said.
The types of facilities that fall under the truce include oil and gas processing and storage facilities, including pumping stations and pipelines, electricity producing and distributing sites, nuclear power plants, and dams of hydroelectric plants.
The truce may be prolonged beyond the 30-day period should both sides agree, Moscow noted. If either party violates the deal, the other can consider itself free from its obligations, it added.
The suspension of strikes was originally proposed by Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a phone call last week. The Russian leader agreed to it and immediately ordering the country’s military to halt attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities. The Russian military later said it had to shoot down seven kamikaze drones that were already en route to targets in Ukraine in order to implement the order.
Zelensky publicly backed the idea of the truce shortly after it was first announced. However, Moscow accused Kiev of violating the ceasefire almost immediately, claiming that multiple energy facilities in Russia had been targeted by Ukrainian drones over the past week.
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