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Trump proclaims ‘energy ceasefire’ in Ukraine war

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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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On October 11, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine via Truth Social without consulting either side, claiming both had agreed to halt long-range attacks on energy infrastructure. Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said the deal was "news to him," but he would accept it if Russia did as well. However, by October 14, Ukrainian officials reported continued Russian strikes on energy targets and stated that Trump’s efforts had made no progress in stopping the fighting. Meanwhile, Europe criticized Trump's unilateral actions for potentially dividing Western alliances against Russia. Despite this announcement, attacks on both sides persisted, indicating a lack of compliance with the ceasefire terms. Additionally, Ukraine claimed it was pushing back Russian forces on the battlefield, liberating territory and maintaining its defense strategy despite international pressure to cease attacks on Russian oil refineries. The situation highlights growing tensions between Trump's approach to diplomacy and the strategic concerns of Europe and Ukraine regarding long-term peace in the region.

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Zelensky PERSON · 10× Russia GPE · 9× Ukraine GPE · 9× Trump PERSON · 6× KYIV GPE · 3× Ukrainian NORP · 3× Donald Trump PERSON · 2× France GPE · 2× Russian NORP · 2× Volodymyr Zelensky PERSON · 1×

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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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🔮 In a social media post, Trump said the energy ceasefire would take effect immediately, but did not elaborate further.

2026-10-12 · Dawn

Trump proclaims ‘energy ceasefire’ in Ukraine war · assertive framing

Claims (15 extracted, 0 hedged)

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. asserted

Zelensky → claim → refineries

In a social media post, Trump said the energy ceasefire would take effect immediately, but did not elaborate further. asserted

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. asserted

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. asserted

Trump → say → targets

agreement → await → September

Both parties have agreed. asserted

parties → agree → ?

Do not break it!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. asserted

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. asserted

Moscow → repeat → infrastructure

Any such deal would need to come with “real guarantees”, Zelensky said. asserted

Zelensky → need → guarantees

“The real cause of the war in Europe is Russia and Russia alone,” Zelensky said. asserted

Zelensky → say → Europe

“It’s possible to stop strikes on energy infrastructure as early as today, but Putin does not want to do so.” asserted

Putin → ’ → today

Energy truce hailed France backed the “real energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. asserted

Macron → hail → Sunday

“France will continue to stay by the side of Ukraine and President Zelensky. asserted

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. asserted

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. asserted

Leyen → support → Zelensky