Macron pushes for energy truce between Ukraine and Russia
The French president met with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged for a temporary halt to energy sector strikes between Ukraine and Russia during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Macron stated they discussed the possibility of a truce to protect energy infrastructure. Macron also addressed the prospect of a truce with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later that evening.
This push for a truce comes as U.S. pressure mounts on Zelenskyy to cease targeting Russia's energy sector. Trump emphasized on September 13th that "Mr Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia." He later wrote on social media that "the world's diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran."
Despite Trump's appeals, Ukraine maintained its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, leading to a fire at a refinery in Samara, Russia, on Tuesday. Since June, Ukrainian forces have reportedly destroyed nearly half of Russia's refining capacity. Moscow has also frequently caused power outages through strikes on Ukraine's energy sector.
Zelenskyy expressed interest in mutual "de-escalation" on energy and critical infrastructure during his meeting with Trump on Tuesday.
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