Putin's order to suspend the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system has expired. The Russian president did not announce the extension
Russian President Vladimir Putin presides over a meeting of the permanent members of the Russian Security Council, in Kremlin, Moscow, October 25, 2024. Photo source: Mikhail Metzel / Kremlin Pool / Plan / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
The order given on March 18 by Russian President Vladimir Putin to suspend for 30 days the blows of the Energy Infrastructure in Ukraine “has expired,” Kremlin announced on Friday, AFP and Reuters, quoted by Agerpres.
“The month (as a mill) has actually expired. For the moment, there were no other instructions from the Supreme Commander, President Putin,” said the spokesman of the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov during a briefing.
Peskov thus confirmed the termination, on the Russian side, of this fragile morality that Moscow and Kiev have repeatedly accused them of violating, greeting this partial armistice as “some progress” on the path to a regulation of the conflict in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 18 that he ordered his army, following a conversation with his American counterpart Donald Trump, to suspend hits against Ukrainian energy infrastructures for 30 days.
A few days later, the US announced that they had reached an agreement on this topic with Russia, on the one hand, and Ukraine, on the other.
A certain unclear, however, persisted on the real date on which this moratorium started, as well as on its conditions. And Kiev and Moscow were accused of each other almost daily of violating this moratorium.
Donald Trump, who wants to put an end to the conflict as soon as possible, initially proposed an unconditional and complete armistice, which had been in principle accepted by Kiev, but rejected by Vladimir Putin.
“Russia wants to resolve this conflict, to ensure its interests and it remains open to dialogue,” Peskov said on Friday.
