Trump announces Ukraine ‘energy ceasefire’; Zelenskyy calls it ‘news to me’
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US President Donald Trump announced a partial ceasefire deal in the Russia-Ukraine war in a social media post on Sunday, saying: “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the announcement was “news to me.”
According to Zelenskyy, Russian drones took to the sky “throughout the day” on Sunday, with several airstrikes including on energy infrastructure. He said Russia hit a power station in Kharkiv — the latest of more than 200 strikes during the past week against electricity generation and transmission facilities in Ukraine. There was no sign that the Kremlin was observing Trump’s ceasefire.
The ceasefire appeared to garner support from Ukraine’s key western allies. French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris supported a “real energy ceasefire.” The UK prime minister, identified by the Guardian as Andy Burnham, said a sustained energy ceasefire was “the best route to get energy and fuel back into world markets.”
The reported agreement also includes the temporary lifting of US sanctions on Russian diesel imports, a move energy and foreign policy analysts predicted would have little “meaningful” effect on motorists and businesses in the US and overseas.
Other developments reported in the Guardian newsletter
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