Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Attacking Energy Infrastructure With Drones

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Russia accused Ukraine of trying to sabotage a moratorium for 30 days to attack each other's energy infrastructure, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump agreed to an energy ceasefire.

As reported by Reuters, Ukraine, which also received proposals for a moratorium, said Russia cut off electricity to several of its railway lines on Wednesday, March 19 and attacked hospitals and settlements.

Moscow said Ukraine's drone had attacked oil depots in southern Russia.

Russia hit Ukraine's power grid during the three-year war, leading to frequent power outages.

Ukraine retaliated with drone attacks on Russian crude oil refineries, pump stations, and ports used for oil and gas exports.

In the first three months of this year, according to Reuters estimates, Ukraine's attacks crippled 3.3 million metric tons - or 4% - of Russia's total oil distillation capacity.

Russia's offline primary oil distillation capacity in March revised up 49.7% from its initial plans for this month to 2.96 million tonnes, according to a Reuters tally based on data from industry sources.