In the long and painful history of wars fought not only on battlefields but through the suffering of ordinary people, Ukraine's President Zelenskiy has offered a narrow but significant gesture: a willingness to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, provided the United States can confirm that Russia means what it says. The offer, made in Kyiv on Monday, is less a declaration of trust than an acknowledgment of its absence — a reminder that in this conflict, a promise without a guarantor is no promise at all. What hangs in the balance is not a peace, but something smaller and perhaps more immedi
Ukraine backs energy ceasefire if US verifies Moscow's commitment
Energy infrastructure targeting affects civilian populations' access to heating and utilities during wartime.