MOSCOW, 15, 2026 (BSS/AFP) – The Kremlin on Tuesday welcomed what it called
US President Donald Trump’s “good idea” for a truce between Russia and
Ukraine on striking energy targets, without saying whether Moscow had agreed
to such a proposal.
Trump announced a truce between the warring sides on Monday, but neither
Moscow or Kyiv has confirmed it was in force.
“We have seen President Trump’s post. We consider it a good idea, a good
initiative. We are in contact with the Americans,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry
Peskov said.
Ukraine has hit numerous Russian oil refineries throughout the four-and-a-
half year war, causing fuel shortages in its neighbour, while Moscow has
routinely pounded Ukrainian energy infrastructure during freezing winter
months.
Trump had said on his Truth Social network on Monday: “Ukraine has agreed not
to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!”
The Ukrainian presidency declined at the time to comment on Trump’s post.
