Zelensky says Ukraine is ready for ‘de-escalatory steps’ if Russia does the same
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Ukraine was ready to de-escalate the war with Russia if its rival did the same, after US President Donald Trump announced that the foes had agreed to end strikes on energy targets. Trump had at the weekend berated Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries, blaming them for causing a diesel shortage. Russia made no immediate comment.
Why it matters: This bears on the geoeconomics theme because energy infrastructure strikes directly affect global oil prices and fuel supply.