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Russian UN envoy says Ukraine violated 30‑day moratorium on energy strikes, accuses Western backers of inaction
Summary
The Russian ambassador to the United Nations told reporters that a March 18 agreement limiting strikes on energy infrastructure has been observed by Russia but repeatedly violated by Ukrainian forces, and that Western countries declined to press Kyiv during Security Council consultations.
The Russian ambassador to the United Nations (name not given), speaking at a Security Council press briefing, said that a March 18 bilateral understanding establishing a 30‑day moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine has been observed by Russia but repeatedly violated by Ukrainian forces.
The ambassador said the moratorium was proposed during a March 18 phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin and that, in Russia’s view, Moscow gave immediate orders to comply. “Russia has been, from day 1, strictly observing the terms of this understanding,” he said, and added that Ukrainian forces “have conducted over a 20 strikes,” naming energy facilities in Krasnodar, Belgorod, Bryansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kursk and Kherson regions.
The statement came after what the ambassador described as closed consultations at the Security Council about implementation of the moratorium. “Frankly, these were the, the most odd consultations I participated in during my time here. I spoke, US spoke, nobody else spoke,” he said,…
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