Ukraine and Russia are in preliminary talks to stop bombing each other’s energy infrastructure.

Qatar acted as a mediator in talks that came close to an agreement in August, the Financial Times reported, before they were derailed by Ukraine’s invasion of Russia’s Kursk region.

“There’s very early talks about potentially restarting something. There are now talks on the energy facilities,” a diplomat told the newspaper.

A senior Ukrainian official also told the publication that Russia and Ukraine had already reduced attacks on energy infrastructure in recent weeks under a deal arranged by Kyiv’s intelligence services.

But a former Kremlin official briefed on the negotiations said that it was unlikely that Vladimir Putin would agree to a complete halt on attacks on energy infrastructure while Ukrainian forces remain in Kursk.

“As long as the [Ukrainians] are trampling the land in Kursk, Putin will hit Zelensky’s energy infrastructure,” the official said.