Zelenskyy rejects Saudi Arabia's involvement in "energy truce" monitoring

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Saudi Arabia will not participate in monitoring the "energy truce" between Kyiv and Moscow.  

In his opinion, the Black Sea countries -  Türkiye, Bulgaria and Romania, as well as the United States, Britain and France - could monitor the implementation of the agreement, Caliber.Az reports, citing foreign media.

"With all due respect to the leader of Saudi Arabia, but they cannot monitor our energy sector," Zelensky said, noting that Riyadh does not have the necessary resources and specialists for this.

On March 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump. According to the Kremlin, Trump proposed that the parties to the conflict in Ukraine refrain from striking energy infrastructure facilities for 30 days, and Putin supported this initiative. Zelensky later said that Ukraine also agreed.

However, the following day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian drones had attacked an oil depot in Kuban. On March 28, the Sudzha gas metering station was fired upon by HIMARS rockets, which led to a major fire and the actual destruction of the facility.

By Khagan Isayev