TREE NEWS update: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on September 16 that Ukraine’s overall position on a so-called energy ceasefire has not changed, adding that Moscow does not avoid contacts. US President Donald Trump said on September 14 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to strike each other’s energy targets. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to visit the United States from September 21 to 23 to discuss the energy ceasefire with Trump.
Russia Says Ukraine’s Position on Energy Ceasefire Unchanged
The gap between Washington's claim of an agreed energy ceasefire and Moscow's insistence that Kyiv's position is unchanged suggests the understanding is far less settled than it was presented. That matters most for energy infrastructure and the commodity flows tied to it, since any durable halt to strikes would be the first concrete de-escalation with direct market relevance. Zelensky's Washington visit is the next focal point; whether the two sides converge on terms, or the arrangement remains a unilateral US characterization, is the open question.
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