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Ukraine, Russia in talks on halting strikes on energy centers, feet reports

Ukraine and Russia are in the early stages of settlements about possibly halting airstrikes on each other's energy facilities, the Financial Times reported, pointing out unnamed people familiar with the matter.

The feet, citing sources late on Tuesday who it said consisted of senior Ukrainian authorities, reported that Ukraine was seeking to resume talks that had come close to an agreement in August and were moderated by Qatar.

The talks, the sources told the feet, had been derailed by Kyiv's forces introducing an attack that month into Russia's. Kursk region that borders Ukraine.

There are very early speak about potentially rebooting. something, the FT mentioned a diplomat who the newspaper stated was. briefed on the negotiations as saying. There's now talks on the. energy facilities.

Reuters might not individually validate the report. The. Kremlin, the Russian Defence Ministry, the workplace of Ukrainian. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the Ukrainian Defence Ministry. did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

The feet stated that the Kremlin had actually declined to comment and. that Zelenskiy's office had not reacted to its requests for. remark.

A huge chunk of Ukraine's power capacity has actually been destroyed. or seized due to Russian attacks on energy infrastructure because. Moscow's full-blown invasion of its smaller neighbour in 2022,. requiring Kyiv to count on its nuclear power facilities and imports. of energy from Europe.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said last. month that Russia had knocked out the gigawatt equivalent of. over half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The European Union. aimed to restore 2.5 GW of capacity, about 15% of the nation's. needs, she stated describing proposed EU-funded repair work.

Ukraine had no powerful long-range weapons at the start of. the war, but has actually given that established long-range attack drones and. utilized them to hit targets deep inside Russia, ranging from oil. refineries to power plants and military airfields.

Zelenskiy told the FT previously in October that a deal to. protect energy centers could signal a Russian desire to. take part in wider peace talks. Moscow states it desires peace, however. has actually set conditions that Kyiv considers as unacceptable.

(source: Reuters)