Russia on Thursday accused neighboring Ukraine of “continuing” to breach a US-mediated 30-day pause on strikes in opposition to vitality services in each international locations.
Following consultations held in Saudi Arabia earlier this week, the US introduced separate agreements Tuesday with Russia and Ukraine to “ensure safe navigation” within the Black Sea and a halt to strikes on one another’s vitality services for 30 days.
Moscow and Kyiv later confirmed the agreements, though the Kremlin stated they might take impact as quickly as sure restrictions and sanctions on Russia are lifted.
“Despite the Kyiv regime’s statements about the alleged cessation of strikes on Russian energy facilities, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to strike energy infrastructure over the past 24 hours,” stated an announcement by the Russian Defense Ministry.
The assertion claimed that the newest of those violations occurred Thursday morning at 7 a.m. native time (0400GMT), when artillery shelling within the border area of Bryansk disabled a transformer substation.
It stated {that a} 10 kV high-voltage line within the Bryansk area was additionally disconnected following an assault Wednesday at round 5 p.m. (1400GMT).
Around the identical time, Kyiv additionally focused an underground fuel storage facility within the Crimean Peninsula, the assertion additionally claimed. The drone concentrating on the ability was downed by air defenses, it added.
A day earlier, the ministry alleged comparable violations by Kyiv within the Bryansk and Kursk areas, in addition to Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014. Ukraine’s General Staff later denied the claims.
However, Ukrainian authorities haven’t but commented on Russia’s current claims.
Source: www.anews.com.tr