"Energy truce" should not apply only to oil refineries, because that benefits Russians," - Kallas

Energy Truce: what is the European Union saying?

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas believes that an "energy truce" would play into Russia's hands.

This was reported by Censor.NET, citing Interfax-Ukraine.

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"It is important that the agreements not only concern oil refineries, because there is only one such refinery in Ukraine, while there are many in Russia, so this clearly benefits the Russians," she emphasized.

At the same time, Kallas welcomes an "energy ceasefire, provided it is observed."

"So far, we haven’t seen Russia abide by it. Of course, personally, I would like the truce to mean an end to the loss of life, not just the protection of energy infrastructure. Although energy is extremely important, since it’s going to be a cold winter," she said.

The EU High Representative added that the United States is the European Union’s main ally.

"Our message is clear: if we want to end this war, the only way forward is to increase pressure on Russia; we call on the U.S. to impose sanctions so that we can end the war, because then attacks on oil refineries and their consequences simply wouldn’t be necessary," Kallas concluded.

What led up to this?

On 9 October, US President Donald Trump stated that he had spoken with Russian dictator Putin, with whom he had agreed on the supply of diesel fuel from Russia to markets in the US and around the world.
According to him, Russia will "immediately" supply over 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets, a further 500,000 tonnes in November, and another million tonnes "immediately afterwards".
The US Treasury Department announced that, on Trump’s instructions, the Office of Foreign Assets Control is immediately issuing a temporary general licence to permit the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the global market.
In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia’s authorisation to sell petroleum products as an "investment in war" and called on the US to hold firm talks with Moscow and impose sanctions under the Lindsey Graham Act.
Axios reported that during talks in Miami, U.S. President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner allegedly warned

the Ukrainian side that access to U.S. intelligence could be cut off if Ukraine continued to strike Russian oil refineries.
On October 11, President Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine would be prepared to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries if Russia stopped striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
That same day, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the start of an "energy truce" between Ukraine and Russia.
In comments to Axios, Zelenskyy said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of an "energy truce" came as a surprise to the Ukrainian side.
Later, the president stated that Ukraine is prepared to refrain from striking Russian energy facilities provided that Russia takes similar steps.