"To Moscow on missile." Will there be peace by winter? | Romaliiska. VIDEO
Journalist Iryna Romaliiska recaps the main events of recent days in her new September 24 episode, including talks on an energy ceasefire.
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Details
The episode focuses on Ukraine’s latest talks on establishing an energy ceasefire, its response to Russian attacks with jet-powered Shahed drones, and whether peace is possible under these circumstances.
Background
- On 21 September, US President Donald Trump said that Russia had lost control over its own oil refining industry because of its war against Ukraine.
- On 14 September, Trump claimed that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to a mutual halt in strikes on energy facilities.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later responded to Trump, saying that Ukraine was prepared to refrain from striking Russian energy infrastructure if its partners guaranteed that Russia would not strike Ukraine’s.
- Russian dictator’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov called a possible energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia "a good idea".
- Media outlets reported that Trump planned to pressure his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree to a ceasefire with Russia during their face-to-face meeting in New York on 22 September. He wants Kyiv to agree to an energy ceasefire with Russia.
- US Vice President JD Vance expressed cautious optimism about progress, although he described Russia’s war against Ukraine as "the most difficult international conflict" to resolve.
- Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly called for a separate "energy ceasefire" between the two sides.
- In an interview with CBC News, Zelenskyy said that he was ready to meet Putin to bring peace closer. He also outlined a condition for de-escalation: Ukraine would stop striking Russian oil refineries only in response to a similar move by Moscow.