Reuters reported on Tuesday that there had been mutual bombing attacks between Russia and Ukraine targeting energy facilities, despite both sides agreeing to the truce proposed by US President Donald Trump.
Trump announced yesterday, Monday, that Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to target each other's energy infrastructure.
In turn, Russia confirmed on Tuesday, through presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, that it welcomed President Trump's proposal, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his country's readiness to take steps to calm the situation.
Reuters said that Russia bombed gas stations in Kiev on Tuesday, and Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery.
She pointed out that Russia launched 200 drones during the night on the capital, Kiev, and other cities, which led to the death of two people.
It quoted Ukrainian officials as saying that Russia targeted gas stations in Kiev and energy infrastructure and ports in other regions.
President Zelensky said that Ukraine struck a Russian refinery in Syzran in the Russian Samara region on the Volga River, and drone production facilities in Tagrung and Oryol, according to the agency.
On Monday, after announcing that the two sides had agreed to a truce to stop strikes on the energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, Trump said that the war between these two countries is the reason for the rise in oil prices, not the confrontation between the United States and Iran, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the targeting of oil tankers and energy facilities in the region.
The Russian presidential spokesman said during his daily press briefing, "We have seen what President Trump published. We see it as a good idea and a good initiative," and added, "We always support peaceful solutions."
In his daily press interview yesterday, Zelensky described President Trump's proposal to stop mutual strikes on energy-related targets as "strong." He said that Ukraine supports it if it represents a first step toward calm, and if it leads to Russia stopping “attacks on our vital infrastructure and stopping our attacks in response.”
However, since last night, the two sides have resumed mutual attacks on energy facilities.
Reuters said that during the Russian attack on Ukraine, neighboring Poland carried out military aviation operations, which Polish forces said were a preventive step, and later announced that no violation of its airspace had occurred.
On Tuesday, Denmark accused Russia of launching two flare bombs at its helicopter that was carrying out a mission over the Baltic Sea, describing the matter as a “reckless act,” while Moscow responded by saying that the helicopter had carried out “provocative maneuvers.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a post on the X platform, “The Russian actions aim to intimidate and sow division, but they will not succeed. We will not back down.” According to the Danish army, the incident occurred on Monday evening off the coast of Gedser, in the far south of Denmark.
The army confirmed in a statement that a Russian warship targeted one of its helicopters, explaining that at the time it was targeted, it was conducting a routine photography operation near a Russian frigate anchored in international waters.
He added that the frigate fired "two bombs towards the helicopter, one of which passed close to it." The Danish authorities did not clarify whether the helicopter was damaged.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løke Rasmussen said that the incident was "completely unacceptable and could have put people's lives in danger."
He added, "Russia constantly exceeds the limits of what it considers acceptable behavior," stressing that "this is something we cannot accept."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also condemned the Russian action. “Once again, Europe finds itself confronted with Russia’s irresponsible and dangerous behavior,” she said in a post on the X platform.
