Ukraine wants specifics from partners on halting strikes, Zelenskiy says 15-Sep 01:58

Ukraine is ready to halt strikes on Russia if its partners ensure ​that Moscow will refrain from hitting Ukrainian ‌energy facilities, infrastructure and food supply routes, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday.

Zelenskiy's comments, posted on Telegram, appeared ​to amount to a denial that Ukraine ​had formally endorsed U.S. President Donald Trump's statement ⁠that Ukraine and Russia had agreed not ​to hit each other's energy targets.

Zelenskiy said Ukraine was ​not convinced that Russia was willing to abide by any agreement.

"Ukraine is not certain that Russia is willing to stick ​to any agreement," he wrote.

"The war must ​be brought to an end. And a de-escalatory step regarding ‌critical ⁠infrastructure could be the first step toward peace. We expect specifics from our partners."

Ukraine was willing to sign on to an agreement to refrain from ​strikes on ​infrastructure, he ⁠said, but any such accord had to be "reliable, long-term, and actually have ​a real impact on people's lives".

In his ​statement, ⁠Trump said the two sides had agreed not to hit each other's energy targets.

"Ukraine has agreed not ⁠to ​hit Russian Energy targets. Russia ​has agreed to do, likewise!" he wrote.