Media: Ukraine and Russia were set to negotiate halting strikes on energy infrastructure

Ukraine and Russia were set to send delegations to Doha this month to negotiate a landmark agreement halting strikes on energy and power infrastructure on both sides for two months, diplomats and officials familiar with the discussions said, Report informs citing The Washington Post.

The newspaper says, however, that the indirect talks, with the Qataris serving as mediators and meeting separately with the Ukrainian and Russian delegations, were derailed by the escalation in Russia's western Kursk region last week.

Russia “didn’t call off the talks, they said give us time,” a source said.

Ukrainian and Russian officials haven't met face to face for talks since the first months of the war, when delegations from both sides convened for secret talks in Istanbul.