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Zelensky says allies asked him to scale back attacks on Russian energy

2026-03-30 20:11:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Zelensky says allies asked him to scale back attacks on Russian energy

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine's allies have urged it to scale back attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure because of the global fuel crisis, but that they will only end if Russia stops targeting Ukraine first.

The Ukrainian president told reporters in a WhatsApp voice message that, by launching attacks on Russia's energy system, Ukraine was only responding in kind.

It is not clear which countries he may have been referring to. China and India remain heavily dependent on Russian oil, while the EU on Russian gas.

Zelensky's comments come after a long series of attacks by Ukraine on Russia's energy sector, including the key oil export terminal at the port of Ust-Luga outside St. Petersburg.

"We have received messages from some of our partners asking us how we can reduce our responses against Russia's oil sector - the energy sector. If Russia is ready not to attack Ukraine's energy, then we will respond by not attacking their energy," Zelensky said in the voice message.

In response to rising energy prices caused by the war in Iran and Tehran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key sea route, the US recently eased some sanctions it had imposed on Russian oil.

China and India remain the largest buyers of Russian crude oil, accounting for 85% of its exports in February, according to the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

Meanwhile, the EU is the largest buyer of Russian gas (34%) and LNG (49%).





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