Ukraine is offering a possible way to reduce one of the most damaging parts of the Russia-Ukraine war: attacks on energy and critical infrastructure.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is ready to halt strikes against Russian energy and other critical infrastructure if Russia genuinely stops attacking Ukraine’s electricity system, energy facilities, infrastructure and food-supply routes.
The proposal comes after U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop attacking each other’s energy infrastructure. But Kyiv says it wants concrete guarantees before treating the proposal as a real agreement.
That distinction matters because Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure have continued, while Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil and fuel facilities.
Zelenskyy says any arrangement must be reliable, long-term and actually protect civilians, rather than becoming a temporary pause.
For now, the proposed truce remains conditional: if Moscow stops hitting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, Kyiv says it is prepared to respond in kind.
If Russia accepts and follows through, the energy truce could become a first step toward broader de-escalation. If not, Ukraine has signaled that its strikes will continue.
