In the two days following the announcement of a ceasefire on energy targets, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told journalists that Ukrainian forces had refrained from striking oil refineries and related energy infrastructure on Russian territory, while attacks against Ukraine had continued from the other side.
Zelenskyy wrote on X that the call for restraint went unheeded. He separately reported that, from the prior evening into the following day, Russian forces deployed more than a hundred weapons, among them jet-powered drones, loitering munitions, and ballistic missiles.
A portion of the projectiles launched were brought down by Ukrainian air defences, yet enough broke through to cause damage across civilian areas and infrastructure spread across 19 regions over a 48-hour period. Buildings were damaged and people were killed or injured in the attacks.
A residential building in Kharkiv collapsed, killing four people, as recovery teams worked through the debris overnight. Forty-one people were reported hurt after bombing raids struck Kharkiv over the course of one night. Five ballistic missiles came down on power and utility networks across Kyiv, hitting infrastructure that serves the city's residents.
Zelenskyy told reporters that advance notice of the attack had not reached Ukraine from allied nations. In a statement, he said that timely intelligence on ballistic missile launches from Russia remains among the most pressing matters facing the country, given its direct bearing on civilian survival.
Zelenskyy described the pattern of continued attacks as conveying an unambiguous message that any halt to strikes on Ukraine was not being contemplated by Russia. He reiterated that Ukraine stood prepared to take reciprocal steps toward lowering tensions, provided that meaningful external pressure on Russia was brought to bear to make that outcome possible.
He called on allied nations to maintain their backing for Ukraine, adding that coordinated external pressure on Russia was, in his view, a tangible step toward ending the conflict. Zelenskyy went on to say that robust alliances — spanning the United States, Europe, and their partners — remain a prerequisite for stability.
Observers across policy and analytical circles have pointed out that aligning with Russia in any capacity, holding back weapons and supplies destined for Ukraine, or weakening air-defence infrastructure each carry the potential to push the conflict away from a negotiated settlement rather than toward one.
Those comments from Zelenskyy came after former President Donald Trump put forward the position that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a stronger appetite for a negotiated end to the fighting than the Ukrainian leader does, while also calling on both men to sit down together and work toward a resolution.
Prior to departing for Ohio on Monday, Trump told reporters he would review available information on whether Russia had broken the ceasefire terms, adding that losses on both sides had been considerable and expressing uncertainty about the specifics.
Trump called on the relevant parties to come together and reach an agreement. When a reporter noted that neither Russia nor Ukraine had both publicly confirmed a ceasefire agreement, Trump maintained that an agreement was in place. He separately told reporters that reports of Russian strikes during the ceasefire period would need to be reviewed, adding that violations had occurred on both sides.
No corroborating evidence has been presented to support the position that any such agreement is in place.
In remarks on the situation, Trump characterised it as a disaster for which no resolution had yet been found. Newly released figures for the current month put the death toll at approximately 32,000 people, a count that includes a large proportion of military personnel along with younger individuals. He added that the conflict needed to come to an end.
Asked about Zelenskyy's stance on the energy ceasefire and the absence of any public statement from Putin on the matter, Trump expressed confidence that both leaders were in favour of the proposal. Trump expressed the view that the other party wants to reach an agreement but lacks the understanding of how to do so, adding that he intends to bring them to the table.
Trump also expressed the view that Putin held a stronger desire to reach an agreement than Zelenskyy did. He pushed back against Republican-led objections to his decision permitting Russian diesel to flow into the international market, maintaining that the arrangement was designed with broader global supply in mind.
According to an announcement, Russia would deliver an initial batch of more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel fuel, with a further 500,000 tonnes set to follow in November, one million tonnes arriving shortly after that, and an additional three million tonnes expected within a brief window contingent on the operational state of Russian diesel refineries.
Putin conveyed, through a formal address, that oil and petroleum product flows from Russia into both American and broader international markets would bring measurable benefits to the world economy. A phone call between Putin and Trump on Friday also touched on Ukraine and Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated in a readout of the exchange.
