Russia and Ukraine have not attacked each other's energy infrastructure for a week – sources
Photo: Attacks on Russia and Ukraine's energy infrastructure ceased on March 19 (Getty Images)
After the conversation between US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on March 19, Russian missiles and drones did not target Ukrainian energy facilities. Following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's agreement to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine also stopped striking Russian energy infrastructure.
"It looks like the Russians haven't targeted energy for nearly a week. Since March 19, such strikes have not been recorded. We'll see how this develops, as nothing has been formally documented yet," a source in military circles told RBC-Ukraine.
Monitoring information about Russian and Ukrainian attacks shows no public mentions (from credible sources, not the Russian Ministry of Defense) of strikes on energy facilities in either Ukraine or Russia after the conversation between Trump and Putin, followed by Zelenskyy's statement.
However, this does not stop Moscow from continuing to terrorize Ukraine nightly with hundreds of Shahed drones and attacking other targets.
According to RBC-Ukraine, most of the Russian long-range drones in the past week were directed at military objects, airfields, railways, and defense industry facilities.
For at least a year, Ukrainian defense forces have systematically attacked Russian oil refineries to both deprive the occupying army of fuel and reduce the Kremlin’s ability to finance the aggressive war.
While in December, enemy attacks focused on facilities for electricity generation and transmission, since January, the focus shifted to Ukraine’s gas transportation system.
Meanwhile, as Ukraine’s Presidential Communications Advisor, Dmytro Lytvyn, wrote on X, Russians have hit Ukrainian energy facilities eight times since March 18.
"The reality is – since March 18, they’ve been hitting our energy sites with bombs, attack drones, and FPV drones. We’re not going into all the details, but there have already been 8 confirmed hits on energy facilities. And every night, our air defense forces shoot down nearly a hundred attack drones – and many of those drones were likely targeting other energy facilities. Without our defenders, there could have been many more hits," Lytvyn reported.
In March, several rounds of negotiations took place between the US and Ukraine, and the US and Russia. The parties met in Saudi Arabia, and the presidents held phone calls.
As a result of the negotiations in Saudi Arabia, two separate statements were released over the weekend: one regarding agreements between Ukraine and the US and another between the US and Russia. The parties agreed on a ban on strikes on energy infrastructure in both Ukraine and Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv had provided the US with a list of strategic infrastructure facilities requiring special protection.
