The ceasefire in the war in Ukraine is currently unrealisticOn Thursday, the Russian Ambassador said the UN Vasily Nebenzia. According to him, it shows the failure of efforts to stop attacks on energy infrastructure, Informed DPA, referring to TASR.
“We had an attempt at a limited ceasefire in the field of energy infrastructure that the Ukrainian party did not comply. So in such circumstances, it is simply unrealistic to talk about the ceasefire, ” He said nebenzia. “We are not in a situation in which we could seriously talk about a complete ceasefire.”
The UN Security Council spoke about stopping the attacks on energy equipment on Thursday behind closed doors at the request of Russia. Five European countries, after the meeting in a joint statement, called on Russia to agree with complete and unconditional ceasefire, Reuters reported.
“Ukraine wants peace and showed it when she agreed five weeks ago with a complete, immediate and unconditional ceasefire,” It is stated in the statement of Slovenia, Denmark, France, Greece and Britain. “At today’s consultations, Russia has rejected a complete ceasefire again and refused to take the first step to peace,” It notes the statement read by the Slovenian Ambassador to the UN Samuel Žborek.
Moscow and Kiev are accused of continuing attacks on energy infrastructure. According to Russia, from the call of Russian President Vladimir Putin with President US President Donald Trump, 18 March, a 30-day ceasefire was limited to energy. Moscow has accused Kiev of breaking it more than 80 times.
According to DPA, Russia has delayed larger attacks on Ukrainian power plants over the past 30 days, and Ukraine has stopped attacks on Russian oil refineries. However, Ukrainian officials reported damage to electricity supply caused by Russian attacks, as well as an increased number of attacks on civilian areas with dozens of victims.
