Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia had continued to strike Ukraine's energy facilities despite U.S. President Donald Trump announcing a day earlier that the warring countries had agreed on an energy ceasefire in the 4 1/2-year-old war. According to Associated Press speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had learned through media reports that Trump had secured an energy ceasefire proposal, which would involve a mutual pause in strikes on energy sites. Trump’s brief social media post on Sunday announcing the purported agreement said only that the energy ceasefire took effect immediately, adding: “Do not break it!” But Zelenskyy said Ukraine had been “horribly surprised” that Russian drones were still flying over the country following Trump's announcement.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday
that Russia had continued to strike
Ukraine's energy facilities despite
U.S. President Donald Trump announcing a day earlier that the
warring countries had agreed on an energy ceasefire
in the four-and-a-half-year-old war.
According to Associated Press speaking
at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland,
Zelensky said Ukraine had learned through media reports
that Trump had secured an energy
ceasefire proposal, which would involve
a mutual pause in strikes on energy sites.
Trump's brief social media post on Sunday announcing
the purported agreement said only
that the energy ceasefire took effect immediately,
adding, do not break it.
But Zelensky said Ukraine had been,
horribly surprised, that Russian drones were still
flying over the country following Trump's announcement.
President Donald Trump once again says Russia
and Ukraine have agreed to an immediate energy
ceasefire, but Ukraine's President Volodymyr
Zelensky said he wasn't told in advance and
learned about it from the media.
It's not clear if Russian officials have signed up and Trump's
made similar announcements before that have gone nowhere.
Speaking to a security conference here
in Warsaw, Zelensky said Russia attacked
a power plant after Trump announced the supposed deal.
It's clear Putin doesn't read Truth Social,
Zelensky said, referring to the platform where
Trump made the announcement.
And repair crews are still working to fix the damage from yesterday's
attacks. Zelensky said Ukraine's ready to sign up
to an energy ceasefire, but in exchange,
Russia must stop its strikes.
Trump announced the ceasefire after he blindsided Ukraine by
announcing he'd struck a deal with Moscow
to supply diesel to the U.S., then said Ukraine
should get a new president
and blamed Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries for high U.S. fuel
prices. But those prices are high
because of Trump's war with Iran, and it's not clear if
the deal with Russia will cause them to significantly fall.
Speaking to the forum in Warsaw, Zelensky was clear.
An energy ceasefire is needed in
Ukraine in reality, he said, not just on Truth Social.
