“Ukraine and Russia are conducting preliminary negotiations to end strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure. But Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is unlikely to agree to an agreement as long as Ukrainian troops are in the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. This is reported by the Financial Times. Kyiv wants to resume negotiations with the mediation of Qatar, which were close to an agreement in August, but were disrupted”, — write on: ua.news
Ukraine and Russia are conducting preliminary negotiations to end strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure. But Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is unlikely to agree to an agreement as long as Ukrainian troops are in the territory of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
This is reported by the Financial Times.
Kyiv wants to resume negotiations mediated by Qatar, which were close to an agreement in August, but were disrupted by Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk, the publication’s sources, including high-ranking officials, said.
“There are very early negotiations about a possible renewal of something. Negotiations regarding energy facilities are underway,” said the diplomat, who was informed about the negotiations.
According to the senior official, Moscow and Kyiv have already reduced the frequency of attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure in recent weeks as part of an agreement reached by their intelligence services.
But Putin, according to a former high-ranking Kremlin official, is unlikely to agree to a deal until Russian troops push Ukrainian troops out of the Kursk region, where they still control about 600 square kilometers of territory.
Meanwhile, Ukraine plans to continue striking targets in the Russian Federation, including oil refineries, to put pressure on Russia in negotiations.
According to the paper, the Kursk operation led to Moscow pulling out of the previous round of talks in August, when officials began planning a face-to-face meeting in Doha.
Qatar began mediating these talks in June after a summit in Switzerland to which Russia was not invited.
Four Ukrainian officials told the Financial Times that Kyiv and Moscow reached a “tacit agreement” last fall not to strike each other’s energy facilities. As a result, Russia refrained from large-scale attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure that winter.
This agreement was supposed to pave the way for a formal agreement, sources said.
However, Kyiv resumed drone attacks on Russian oil facilities in February and March this year, seeking to increase pressure on Moscow after the failed 2023 counteroffensive.
Despite warnings from the White House to stop the strikes, Kyiv continued to advance, and Moscow decided that the tacit agreement had been violated, the journalists’ interlocutors said.
Russia then escalated, firing volleys of long-range missiles targeting power plants across Ukraine, including the Trypil TPP 40 km from Kyiv, which was completely destroyed.
According to the publication, as part of the Ukrainian campaign since the beginning of 2024, at least nine of Russia’s 32 largest oil refineries have been affected.
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