Ukraine backs U.S. initiative and says partners offered new proposals

Sybiha made the remarks during a joint press conference in Kyiv with Monaco’s Foreign Minister Isabelle Berro-Amadeï.

Ukraine supports U.S. efforts aimed at securing an agreement to stop attacks on energy infrastructure, he said.

“Our partners know our position,” Sybiha said. “There are also several additional proposals from our closest international partners on how to work along this track so that, through joint efforts, we can achieve this energy truce.”

“I repeat, we welcome such efforts and hope they will lead to the desired result.”

Possible Ukraine-Russia energy truce — latest developments

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 14 that Ukraine had agreed not to strike Russian energy facilities and claimed Russia had agreed to do the same regarding Ukraine.

Trump also argued that rising global diesel prices were driven primarily by Russia’s war against Ukraine rather than developments involving Iran.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later said Ukraine was prepared to refrain from striking Russian critical infrastructure if its partners could ensure that Moscow genuinely stopped attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities.

Zelenskyy subsequently clarified that Washington had proposed a mutual halt to strikes on critical infrastructure between Ukraine and Russia, but said Moscow had not demonstrated genuine readiness to end the war.

Reporting by the Financial Times indicated that Trump had announced an energy truce prematurely, as no final agreement had yet been reached.

Sources cited by the newspaper said Russian President Vladimir Putin was reluctant to conclude such a deal before winter because the Kremlin believes attacks on Ukraine’s energy system could increase pressure on Kyiv to make concessions.

The Kremlin has welcomed calls for Ukraine to stop striking Russian economic infrastructure but has not publicly committed to halting Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities in return.