Russia accuses Ukraine of "provocative" attacks on energy facilities

Record ID: 1987911

  • Title: Russia accuses Ukraine of "provocative" attacks on energy facilities
  • Date: 3rd April 2025
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (APRIL 3, 2025) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON GUO JIAKUN WALKING INTO CONFERENCE ROOM JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, GUO JIAKUN, SAYING: "Under the guise of reciprocity, the U.S. has imposed tariffs on products exported to the US from many countries, including China, which seriously violates
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  • Keywords: Russia Ukraine Zakharova attacks breach conflict energy moratorium
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA003388503042025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine on Thursday (April 3) of launching "provocative" attacks on Russian energy facilities despite a moratorium brokered by the United States.
    Ukraine also accuses Russia of violating the energy truce, which Washington last month persuaded both sides to accept. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this week that Kyiv was reporting alleged Russian violations to the United States on a daily basis.
    Zakharova said that since the start of the moratorium, Ukraine had used Western weapons to carry out more than 30 attacks on energy infrastructure in Russia and Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine.
    "The attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure are targeted and are purely provocative and demonstrative," she told reporters.
    Russia has said it reserves the right to withdraw from the energy ceasefire if Ukraine violates it.
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