In conversation with the American, the Russian President agreed to temporarily pause the aerial offensive to the Ukraine energy system
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of launching air attacks on Wednesday (19.Mar.2025), reaching civilian targets and infrastructure in the 2 countries, moments after a connection between US President Donald Trump (Republican Party) and Russian representative Vladimir Putin.
On Tuesday (18.Mar), the Russian President refused to endorse a total ceasefire of 30 days that had previously been accepted by Ukraine. Trump, Putin had said that he would temporarily pause those of Ukraine, which was accepted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to Reuters.
After the air strikes of this 4th (19.Mar), Zelensky asked the world to block Moscow attempts to prolong the war. “Russia is attacking civil infrastructure and people – really nowsaid Andriy Yermak, chief of staff of the Ukrainian President. “It is these types of night attacks from Russia that destroy our energy sector, our infrastructure and the normal life of Ukrainians,” disse Zelensky.
Both sides at war claimed dozens of drone attacks at night. Ukrainian regional authorities said houses were hit in the northeast region of Sumy and the region around the capital, and attacks reached the power system that supplies railways in the south.
Zelensky said Russia launched over 40 drones against Ukraine in the hours of the connection between Trump and Putin. The Ukrainian military reported that Russia launched 145 drones. The air defenses slaughtered 72 of them and 56 were lost. Already the Russian Defense Ministry said that of the 57 Ukrainian drones that intercepted and destroyed at night, 35 were over the Kursk border region
A Kremlin statement said Putin had issued an order for Russian military to suspend attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. However, he added that to agree with a total ceasefire, Moscow would first demand that all Western military aid to Ukraine ceased.
“It was emphasized that a fundamental condition to avoid climbing the conflict and work for its resolution by political and diplomatic means must be the complete cessation of foreign military aid and the supply of intelligence to Kiev.”said Kremlin. Russia’s Russian aviation inspection agency said that for a few hours night flights were suspended from the airports of Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Nizhnekamsk, all hundreds of miles east of Moscow, to “Ensure air safety”.
Russian authorities also said that a oil terminal was hit in southern Russia, causing a fire. In Belgorod, a Russian region on the border with Ukraine, the governor said the situation “It is still difficult”. On the 3rd, Moscow claimed that the Ukrainian forces tried a land attack in the region, but were repelled, according to the BBC.
