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[Global Network reporter Li Ziyu] According to Reuters, The Washington Post broke the news on the 17th that Ukraine's attack on Russia's Kursk region forced the suspension of indirect negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on stopping attacks on energy infrastructure. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova denied the report on the 18th local time, saying that Russia had not negotiated with Ukraine on the security of energy infrastructure.

Ukraine and Russia were scheduled to send delegations to Qatar this month to negotiate a landmark agreement to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure, The Washington Post reported on the 17th. The agreement was supposed to reach a partial ceasefire, but the negotiations were forced to be interrupted because Ukraine attacked Russian sovereign territory.

Reuters reported that Zakharova denied the Washington Post report on the 18th local time. She said, "No one interrupted anything because there was nothing to interrupt." Zakharova added, "There have been no direct or indirect negotiations between Russia and the Kiev regime on the security of critical civilian infrastructure."

Zakharova then cited Russian President Vladimir Putin's remarks on the 12th, in which he questioned what negotiations could be held with Ukraine after Ukraine launched a ground attack on Russia and attacked Russian civilian infrastructure. Zakharova said, "There is nothing to talk about with those who caused this."

Reuters mentioned that the Ukrainian government did not immediately respond to the media's request for comment.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a video speech on the evening of the 18th that one of the main purposes of Ukraine's attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast was to establish a buffer zone in Russia. The current priority of the Ukrainian army's overall defense operation is to weaken Russia's combat capabilities as much as possible and launch a maximum counterattack, including establishing a buffer zone on Russian territory through operations in the Kursk region.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Ukrainian army launched an attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast on the 6th of this month, and then the two sides broke out in fierce conflict in the state. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the situation on Russia's southern border on the 12th and said that Russia will resolutely respond to Ukraine's series of provocations in the border area. Putin emphasized at the meeting that Russia will assess the situation in the Russian-Ukrainian border area, and that driving Ukraine out of Russian territory and effectively defending the border area is the current priority.