Trump Announces Energy Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine

President Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday, stating both parties had agreed to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure. The announcement followed Ukrainian President Zelenskiy's offer to hold elections in exchange for a 60-day full ceasefire, and came a day after Trump criticized Zelenskiy for striking Russian oil refineries.

A day after directing criticism at Zelenskyy over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, Trump called on Sunday for an immediate end to energy-related attacks in the conflict, delivering the announcement in all-capital letters. A post on Truth Social contained one instruction: that its contents remain undisclosed. Zelenskiy laid out terms under which Ukraine would organise a vote, telling a broadcaster that a 60-day full halt to hostilities — contingent on Putin's agreement — would serve as the prerequisite for holding the election. A day after Washington temporarily relaxed fuel-related sanctions that had been designed to limit the revenue Moscow draws on to fund its military operations in Ukraine, Trump voiced objections to Zelenskiy over Ukrainian drone and missile strikes against Russian oil refineries, then told reporters gathered at the White House that he considered a change in Ukrainian leadership to be overdue. Two developments were disclosed on September 14: an arrangement between the two countries to hold back from targeting each other's energy infrastructure, and a position — attributed to one side — that the upward pressure on global diesel prices traces its roots to the Russia-Ukraine war rather than to the separate conflict involving Iran, with Ukraine's pledge to leave Russian energy facilities untouched forming one of the terms of that arrangement.

Trump Announces Energy Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine

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