Reuters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that he and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump discussed an energy strike ceasefire with Russia during their talks on Wednesday (March 19).
Ukraine would draw up a list of facilities that could be subject to a partial ceasefire brokered by the United States, he said during a virtual news conference. That list could include not only energy, but also rail and port infrastructure, Zelenskiy said, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to Trump and agreed to pause attacks on energy infrastructure.
Zelenskiy said he and Trump also discussed only the vast Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine during their phone call. He added that he told Trump that Kyiv would be ready to discuss U.S. involvement in modernising and investing in the nuclear plant if it is returned to Ukraine.
These were the first talks between Zelenskiy and Trump since their disastrous Oval Office talks late last month. The Ukrainian leader said Wednesday’s talks were “probably the most substantive conversation” over the recent period.
