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US President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the ongoing war, a claim echoed by France’s Emmanuel Macron but denied by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said he was unaware of such an agreement. Trump announced the immediate cessation of strikes on energy targets by both sides without providing further details or confirmation from Russia. Zelensky emphasized that any ceasefire would require reciprocal actions from Moscow before Ukraine agrees to halt its own attacks.
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Story summary
Donald Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine, claiming both sides had agreed to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure. However, Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said he was unaware of the agreement but would support it if Russia did so as well. Trump made this announcement on his social media platform Truth Social without providing specific details or confirming with either country. The move came amid rising fuel prices and ahead of upcoming midterm elections in the U.S., where Trump faces pressure to address economic issues. Zelensky had previously criticized a deal between the U.S. and Russia over diesel imports, arguing it would prolong the war. Despite the announcement, Russian forces continued their attacks on Ukrainian energy targets as of October 11th, including a strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city. The ceasefire proposal has raised questions about its practical implementation and effectiveness without clear guarantees or reciprocal actions from both sides.
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US President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to what he described as an “energy ceasefire”, hours after Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky had pushed back against US pressure for a unilateral end to strikes on Russian refineries.
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Zelensky → claim → refineries
In a social media post, Trump said the energy ceasefire would take effect immediately, but did not elaborate further.
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ceasefire → say → effect
In an interview with Axios, Zelensky said Trump’s post was the first he had heard of the deal, though a senior Ukrainian official told Reuters that Ukraine was ready to agree to such a ceasefire, if Russia was.
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Russia → say → ceasefire
Zelensky said that he and Kyiv’s allies were “awaiting details” of a ceasefire on energy targets US President Donald Trump had announced.
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Trump → say → targets
Zelensky says awaiting details; Russia yet to comment
Trump, whose war in Iran has been blamed for high diesel prices that are weighing on Republicans’ prospects at next month’s midterm elections, had previously announced an energy ceasefire in Ukraine in mid-September, though neither side ever confirmed such an agreement was reached.
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agreement → await → September
Both parties have agreed.
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parties → agree → ?
Do not break it!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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Trump → break → Social
Earlier on Sunday, Zelensky had repeated Ukraine’s long-standing position that it was willing to halt attacks on Russian refineries but only if Moscow ceased its own strikes on Ukrainian power infrastructure.
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Moscow → repeat → infrastructure
Any such deal would need to come with “real guarantees”, Zelensky said.
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Zelensky → need → guarantees
“The real cause of the war in Europe is Russia and Russia alone,” Zelensky said.
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Zelensky → say → Europe
“It’s possible to stop strikes on energy infrastructure as early as today, but Putin does not want to do so.”
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Putin → ’ → today
Energy truce hailed
France backed the “real energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
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Macron → hail → Sunday
“France will continue to stay by the side of Ukraine and President Zelensky.
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France → continue → Ukraine
Also, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen voiced backing for Ukraine’s Zelensky amid his row with Trump, and backed Kyiv’s calls for an energy ceasefire with Russia.
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Leyen → voice → Russia
“Fully supported the call of President Zelensky for a ceasefire that would protect global food supplies and energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia,” von der Leyen wrote online after talking to Zelensky.
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Leyen → support → Zelensky
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