Lavrov reminds that Russia is observing a moratorium on attacks on Ukraine's energy sector
[Regnum] Russia fully complies with the moratorium on strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on April 1.
“The Russian army is observing the moratorium, which President [of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin ] ordered to be strictly observed during a telephone conversation with [US President Donald ] Trump on March 18,” the minister said.
It is noted that Russia also handed over to US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz a list of critical facilities that Ukraine attacked during the 30-day ceasefire. Moscow sent the same document to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 18, during a telephone conversation, the Russian and American leaders discussed the situation in Ukraine in detail. Putin pointed out that it was necessary to eliminate the root causes of the conflict, as well as to observe Russia's legitimate interests in the security sphere. The head of the Russian state also supported Trump's proposal for a mutual cessation of strikes on energy facilities by Moscow and Kiev for 30 days. Putin gave the military the corresponding order and specified that in order to prevent an escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, it was necessary to completely stop the supply of military aid to Ukraine.
The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, verbally confirmed his participation in Trump's initiative, but then the Ukrainian military launched a drone strike on an oil depot in the Krasnodar region on the night of March 19, causing a major fire. On March 28, the Kiev regime attacked the Sudzha gas metering station with shells from the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, causing a large-scale fire at the facility. Later, on March 31, a Ukrainian drone dropped ammunition on an electrical substation in the Zaporizhia region, leaving residents of two settlements without power, and another UAV struck a complete transformer substation in the Belgorod region.
Against the backdrop of attacks on Russian energy facilities, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that the Kiev regime is confirming its inability to negotiate and its complete loss of control over processes in the country, including the actions of its own troops.
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Russia gave Waltz a list of energy facilities attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces despite the moratorium
Russia sent US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz a list of energy facilities that Ukraine attacked during the 30-day moratorium. This was announced on April 1 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
According to him, the list of violations was presented by Defense Minister Andrei Belousov at a meeting of the Security Council. In the United States, in addition to Waltz, it was also received by American Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“And we sent it to our representatives in the UN and the OSCE so that they could show in their work, using specific facts, what the word of the current Ukrainian government is worth, if you can call it government,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry told journalists.
He stressed that Moscow, on the contrary, continues to comply with the agreement, despite systematic violations by the Kyiv regime.
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RIA Novosti: Kyiv has broken its promise not to attack energy facilities 23 times
From March 18 to March 31, the Armed Forces of Ukraine violated the agreement to stop attacks on energy facilities 23 times. RIA Novosti calculated the number of violations on April 1.
The first attack occurred immediately after negotiations between Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, following which the Russian leader agreed to a temporary cessation of strikes on energy facilities, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched three drones at an oil depot near the village of Kavkazskaya in the Krasnodar Territory. After that, on March 21, Ukrainian forces blew up the Sudzha gas distribution station in the Kursk Region.
On March 22, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out two drone strikes on the Valuyka gas distribution station in Shvedunovka, Belgorod Oblast. As a result, the station's technological equipment was damaged.
On the evening of March 23, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked energy facilities in Crimea. Ukrainian forces launched four UAVs at the Glebovskoye gas condensate field on Cape Tarkhankut, which is used to supply gas to residents and economic facilities on the Russian peninsula. Russian air defense systems repelled the attack.
The Kiev regime also violated the agreement on March 31, shelling a facility of the branch of PJSC Rosseti Center - Bryanskenergo in the Bryansk region. As a result, due to a broken wire on a support, the high-voltage line was disconnected, cutting off electricity supply to household consumers in the Suzemsky district. In addition, that same evening, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a transformer substation in the Bryansk region using a UAV. After that, an emergency power outage occurred in the Sevsky district.
The Kiev regime also attacked energy facilities in the Bryansk, Belgorod, Saratov, Kursk regions, as well as in Crimea.
The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the Kiev regime, contrary to the statements of its head Volodymyr Zelensky, continues to carry out attacks using drones and HIMARS systems on energy infrastructure, including international energy, on Russian territory, thereby once again confirming its inability to negotiate.