Ukraine and Russia conduct negotiations. Financial Times has learned what they are negotiating about.

Ukraine and Russia are conducting preliminary negotiations on stopping strikes on each other's energy infrastructure. Kyiv seeks to resume negotiations with Qatar's mediation, but the Russian military occupation of the Kursk region continues. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian side has reduced the frequency of attacks on Russian targets in recent weeks. Ukraine plans to continue targeting facilities, including oil refineries, to force Russia to negotiate. However, reaching an agreement is unlikely without driving Russian troops out of the Kursk region. Neither the Ukrainian nor the Russian side has officially commented on this report. Previous attempts to reach an agreement have also failed in the past. According to the Ministry of Energy, Russia has carried out over a thousand strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure since October 2022.

Currently, Ukraine is preparing its infrastructure, accumulating resources, and creating decentralized generation to ensure energy supply during winter. The government states that there will be no energy supply issues until the end of October and November. They also hope this year's winter will pass without outages, unlike the previous year. NNEGC 'Energoatom' reported that all nine power units in Ukraine-controlled territory are ready to operate in the autumn-winter period.

Additionally, the European Commission is working on increasing electricity supplies to Ukraine, and the G7 countries and other partners have raised over $4 billion for the restoration of Ukraine's energy infrastructure.