Russia welcomes Trump's 'good idea' for Ukraine energy truce

MOSCOW, September 16 ------ The Kremlin 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 neighbor, 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!"

Source: manilatimes.net