Zelenskyy Asks US To Watch The Armistice Of Ukraine-Russia Energy Facilities

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump debated the heat in the Oval room of the White House, Friday, February 28, 2025/PHOTO: White House

JAKARTA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will ask the United States to oversee the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia with a focus on energy facilities. Zelenskyy is scheduled to speak by telephone with US President Donald Trump today.

"I really want control. However, I believe that the main agent of this control should be the United States," the Ukrainian president stressed that Kyiv would be ready to commit to the ceasefire.

"If Russia will not attack our facilities, then we will definitely not attack their facilities," Zelenskyy added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin previously agreed to temporarily halt attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities.

But Putin refused to support the full 30-day ceasefire President Donald Trump hopes will be the first step towards a permanent peace deal.

Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of airstrikes damaging infrastructure just hours after their leaders agreed to a limited ceasefire to halt attacks on energy infrastructure.

Zelenskyy, in a joint briefing in Helsinki with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, said Putin's statement was insufficient.

Earlier on Wednesday, Kyiv's air force said it destroyed 72 of the 145 unmanned aircraft launched by Russia on Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, the Russian defense ministry said its unit had crashed 57 Ukrainian drones.