# Kremlin slams Western talk of energy ceasefire as ‘mere rhetoric’ amid Kiev’s militarization

https://mins.news/en/item/70345

- TASS, 2026-09-23 09:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2191549

> Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Western discussion of an energy ceasefire in Ukraine amounted to rhetorical exercises while weapons supplies to Kiev continued. He said Ukraine’s militarization was ongoing and that European countries were seeking more money to buy weapons.

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