00:01On that note, we're beginning the bulletin with our focus on breaking news that's coming in.
00:05This is President Donald Trump saying there is an energy ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
00:14Both parties have agreed, do not break it.
00:17That's the message from the President himself.
00:20He says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Axios,
00:24the announcement was news for me, but if Russians agree to an energy ceasefire,
00:29Ukraine will also agree.
00:31This is what's been said by President Donald Trump at this given point,
00:36and it's a very crucial announcement that we are getting to learn about
00:40because, remember, only earlier in the day we had seen that the President,
00:44yesterday that is, had come out to announce that they are, in fact,
00:48trying to negotiate a deal with the Russian side because of the energy crisis across the world
00:54to, in fact, lift temporarily the sanctions on the energy supplies from Russia.
01:01And now this is the next announcement that we see.
01:03Pranay Upad here joins us on the broadcast to bring all of it to context.
01:07Pranay, what do we understand when we speak of an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia
01:15and the possibility of such a deal being cracked by both sides,
01:19given that the war has been continuing for far too long between the two?
01:24It was a very important announcement made by US President Donald Trump today,
01:28and, you know, but we have to see that, you know, how Moscow reacts to this announcement
01:34and how Kiev announced this announcement because recently the statement which are coming from Kiev
01:41indicates that there is an if conditionality because President Zelensky and his administration
01:47is indicating that if Russia is ready to adhere with this agreement, then Ukraine will also go along.
01:55And meanwhile, there is no concrete announcement from Moscow as yet as far as this announcement is concerned.
02:01But certainly this should be seen in the context of the recent announcement made by President Donald Trump
02:06to buy more diesel from Russia and in fact, you know, there is an incoming midterm election in the United
02:13States
02:14and the energy prices are going up in the United States and President Donald Trump is trying to contain
02:20the gas prices in the United States ahead of the midterm election.
02:24So clearly, you know, this is an indication of the geopolitical pressure as well as the domestical political pressure
02:31on President Donald Trump to go for such a measure.
02:34But we have to see that because in the past as well, we have seen, you know,
02:38how such announcements were made by the leaders but not, you know, adhered by the respective parties
02:45and until and unless there is an execution or there is an adherence or to this kind of understanding,
02:52then certainly, you know, this will only be reduced to merely a social media post or some kind of announcement
03:00because we have seen that the agreement which was signed by none other than President Donald Trump himself
03:05as far as the West Asia crisis is concerned also could not, you know, sustain or live through only a
03:13few weeks.
03:14So we have to see that, you know, how this announcement, if it is true, this is certainly a thing
03:20which the world would welcome
03:21because the energy infrastructure was largely targeted by both parties, both Russia and Ukraine targeted each other's, you know,
03:29for energy facilities and this has actually accentuated and aggravated the energy crisis in the world
03:35and this will only relieve pressure as far as the energy supplies are concerned if both parties decide to adhere
03:42and, you know, to respect this agreement.
03:46Right, Fanef.
03:47Right, thank you for bringing that to our perspectives as to how this will indeed help the situation
03:54that the whole world has been facing in terms of an energy crisis
03:58and we'll, of course, keep a look at how things proceed
04:01and whether both sides actually come to the table to agree to the terms of the ceasefire.
