Russia accused Ukraine of striking a gas pipeline in Sudzha, thus violating an agreement not to strike each other’s energy infrastructure brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Ukraine accused Russia of hitting the gas station and falsely accusing Kyiv of responsibility.
The technical details of the energy infrastructure ceasefire are due to be worked out in the coming days, but both Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky had already agreed in calls with Trump to temporarily stop such strikes.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday morning that Putin’s order not to strike energy infrastructure remains in place despite Ukraine’s actions, Russian state media reported.
Earlier in the day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Facebook post that Russia was “increasing the discreditation campaign against Ukraine.”
“Yes, the enemy blamed our Defense Forces in the bombardment of the Sudzha gas station,” said post. “These allegations are baseless. Yes, the mentioned station was repeatedly shelled by the Russians themselves.”
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