Bangladesh, March 29 -- In a fresh escalation of tensions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed that Ukraines political leadership is unable to control its own military, as Ukrainian forces continue to launch attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. This comes despite a US-backed 30-day partial ceasefire agreement, which Russia and Washington had brokered earlier this month. According to Peskov, the repeated violations signal a “total lack of supervision” by Kiev over its armed forces.

The ceasefire, which was meant to curb hostilities targeting key energy facilities, was agreed upon after a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on March 18. However, reports from Russia in...