Zelensky: Ukraine Ready for Energy Ceasefire, but Russia Has Not Agreed

President Zelensky said on September 16 that Ukraine is ready for an energy-infrastructure ceasefire with Russia, following a proposal raised by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during their visit to Kyiv, but that Moscow has not made a reciprocal commitment. Zelensky drew a distinction between the two sides' stakes: 'For Putin, energy is selling oil and gas. For us, energy is having electricity and gas supplies for our people,' adding that a genuine ceasefire would mean 'no strikes of any kind with any type of weapon on energy.' Despite President Trump's earlier claim that both sides had agreed to halt energy strikes, Kremlin-aligned media continued to frame it as a one-way measure requiring only Ukraine to stop long-range strikes, and attacks on energy infrastructure continued on both sides.