INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
hours before the moratorium was set to expire.Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 18 that he had ordered a temporary halt to
the moratorium and its expiration.Putin ordered the pause after a highly anticipated phone call with United States President Donald Trump
One week later, United States officials held separate meetings with Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Saudi Arabia.Following those
However, no formal agreement was ever reached, and the timeline for when the commitments took effect remains unclear.Both sides have
continued to accuse each other of targeting energy sites in the weeks since.
