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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed that the Kremlin cease mutual attacks on energy facilities. "If Russia is ready to cease attacks on our energy facilities, we are ready to respond in kind," reads a statement published on the Ukrainian president's website on Monday, April 6.
The statement also noted that the Russian side has already received this proposal from US representatives.
The Ukrainian leader mentioned Russian drone strikes on energy infrastructure and residential buildings in Odessa last night. Three people were killed in the attack.
"We have repeatedly offered Russia a ceasefire, at least for Easter—this special time of year. But for them, all times are the same; nothing is sacred, and if Russia can afford war, can finance it, Russia itself will not want to transition to peace," Zelenskyy said, calling on Kyiv's allies to continue pressuring Moscow.
On March 30, the Ukrainian president stated that Kyiv was ready to discuss an energy ceasefire during Orthodox Easter, celebrated on April 12. "We are ready to discuss, as you recall, any ceasefire. A complete ceasefire," he noted.
The Kremlin had previously rejected this proposal. As Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated, the Russian side "did not see" it as a "clearly formulated initiative for an Easter truce."
