Ukraine proposed mutual halt to energy infrastructure attacks, Russia refused, source tells 'Post'

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on X on Oct. 11 that Ukraine is prepared to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries provided that Russia ceases attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities. Zelenskyy noted that any de-escalation steps must be reciprocal and include real guarantees, adding that it is possible to stop energy infrastructure strikes as early as today but stated that Putin does not want to do so.

During a one-week period, Zelenskyy reported that Russia launched approximately 1,450 aerial bombs, 75 missiles, and over 1,640 attack drones at Ukraine, with about 60% of the drones being jet-powered.

Euronews reported that US President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire had been agreed upon by Russia and Ukraine following his criticism of Zelenskyy regarding high diesel prices. New Voice of Ukraine reported that on Oct. 9, Trump reached an agreement with Putin during a phone call to supply between 300,000 and 3 million metric tons of Russian diesel fuel to global and U.S. markets to help lower prices.

The Jerusalem Post noted that Zelenskyy's comments followed claims by Trump that the Ukrainian president had missed several opportunities to end the war.

Ukrainian defense technology adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov stated that Russia is developing new navigation systems for missiles and attack drones to counter Ukrainian electronic warfare. These systems, which may include image-based navigation that compares onboard camera footage with stored terrain photographs, could make strikes harder to stop because they do not rely on satellite signals.

Beskrestnov noted that image-based navigation could see wider use in 2027 for inexpensive cruise missiles and medium- to long-range strike drones.

Brief written by urgent.news from Jerusalem Post, Euronews, Euromaidan Press, Ukrinform - Politics, New Voice of Ukraine — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.