Zelensky said Ukraine was ready to stop attacks on energy infrastructure if Russia agreed to reciprocal restraint. Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop such attacks, while Russia said it would accept the proposal only if Western energy sanctions were lifted first. The accounts differ on whether a truce had been agreed; Zelensky said his meeting with Trump produced no agreement.
"We are ready for any kind of format of energy ceasefire"
"not attack our energy system,"
Trump last week asserted that he got the two sides to agree to not target each other's energy infrastructure.
Russia said it could only go along with Trump's energy truce proposal if Western energy sanctions on Moscow were lifted first.
Later, at a news conference, Rubio said the Trump administration would try to get both sides to reach an agreement to halt attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and Ukrainian…
“We will try. I think we are prepared to play a positive role in achieving it,”
“We will try. I think we are prepared to play a positive role in achieving it,” he said, acknowledging that reaching such an agreement would not be easy, given that both sides…
"positive and productive,"
No agreements were reached, he said.
Ukraine’s president and the person who made the proposal on Ukraine’s behalf.
Ukraine was ready for an energy ceasefire if Russia accepted reciprocal terms. Zelensky said he did not know Moscow’s position, wanted the United States to convey the proposal, and was ready to meet Putin with Trump.
"We are ready for any kind of format of energy ceasefire"
"not attack our energy system,"
he did not know Moscow's position
Zelenskyy said that he also was ready to meet the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, at a trilateral meeting with Trump.
The U.S. president, who discussed the proposal with Zelensky and has called for both countries to stop attacks.
Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure. He predicted a broader deal but did not disclose its terms.
Trump last week asserted that he got the two sides to agree to not target each other's energy infrastructure.
I think they're going to make a deal
I don't want to say what the deal is.
Russia is a party to the war and would need to take part in any reciprocal halt.
Russia said it would accept the energy-truce proposal only if Western energy sanctions were lifted first.
Russia said it could only go along with Trump's energy truce proposal if Western energy sanctions on Moscow were lifted first.
As U.S. secretary of state, he described Washington’s efforts to facilitate an agreement.
Rubio said the United States would try to help the countries halt attacks on energy infrastructure, while warning that an agreement would be difficult.
Later, at a news conference, Rubio said the Trump administration would try to get both sides to reach an agreement to halt attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and Ukrainian…
“We will try. I think we are prepared to play a positive role in achieving it,”
“We will try. I think we are prepared to play a positive role in achieving it,” he said, acknowledging that reaching such an agreement would not be easy, given that both sides…
Trump last week asserted that he got the two sides to agree to not target each other's energy infrastructure.
"not attack our energy system,"
he did not know Moscow's position
Russia said it could only go along with Trump's energy truce proposal if Western energy sanctions on Moscow were lifted first.
Trump described an agreement, while Ukraine’s stated offer was conditional and Russia also set a condition for acceptance.
"positive and productive,"
No agreements were reached, he said.
The accounts differ in their assessment of the meeting, though both say it produced no agreement or concrete decision.
The US president announced such a truce last week
On Tuesday, September 22, Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in New York to discuss the war in Ukraine.
"We are ready for any kind of format of energy ceasefire"
"not attack our energy system,"
The Ukrainian president said Kyiv was ready for any format of energy truce with Russia but that there had been no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting its attacks on…
Russia said it could only go along with Trump's energy truce proposal if Western energy sanctions on Moscow were lifted first.
Later, at a news conference, Rubio said the Trump administration would try to get both sides to reach an agreement to halt attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and Ukrainian…
“We will try. I think we are prepared to play a positive role in achieving it,”
“We will try. I think we are prepared to play a positive role in achieving it,” he said, acknowledging that reaching such an agreement would not be easy, given that both sides…
On Tuesday, September 22, Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in New York to discuss the war in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy told reporters after the meeting that the two met for 40 minutes and discussed how to end the four-year-old war as well as the potential for a bilateral ceasefire on…
The Ukrainian president said Kyiv was ready for any format of energy truce with Russia but that there had been no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting its attacks on…
there had been no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting its attacks on Russian oil refineries.
I think they're going to make a deal
I don't want to say what the deal is.
Trump last week asserted that he got the two sides to agree to not target each other's energy infrastructure.
Russia said it could only go along with Trump's energy truce proposal if Western energy sanctions on Moscow were lifted first.
Later, at a news conference, Rubio said the Trump administration would try to get both sides to reach an agreement to halt attacks on Russian oil infrastructure and Ukrainian…
“We will try. I think we are prepared to play a positive role in achieving it,”
“We will try. I think we are prepared to play a positive role in achieving it,” he said, acknowledging that reaching such an agreement would not be easy, given that both sides…
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met in New York during the UN General Assembly to discuss ending the war, including a possible reciprocal halt to attacks on energy sites. Trump predicted a deal but did not disclose its terms; Zelensky said the meeting produced no agreement and urged an end to the war before winter.
Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, then held a closed session. Zelensky said Ukraine was ready for a reciprocal halt to attacks on energy infrastructure and called for a meeting with Trump and Vladimir Putin; he also said diplomatic and military-support discussions were continuing.
Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop attacking each other’s energy infrastructure, describing it as an energy truce. Russia said it would accept the proposal only if Western sanctions were lifted; Trump also blamed the war for rising global diesel prices.
Marco Rubio said Washington would try to help Russia and Ukraine agree to stop attacks on energy infrastructure, while warning that an agreement would be difficult because both sides view the targets as strategically important. He also voiced concern that the war could spread to other countries through sabotage, hybrid attacks or accidental incidents.
Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was ready for an energy ceasefire if Russia agreed not to attack Ukraine’s energy system. He said he did not know Moscow’s position and wanted the United States to convey the proposal to Russia.