The leaders of Canada and the United Kingdom — Mark Carney and Andy Burnham respectively — expressed support on Sunday for a proposal by Donald Trump to halt energy strikes between Ukraine and Russia, joining a broader chorus of Western backing for an arrangement that Russia had not yet publicly confirmed.
During a phone conversation with the US president, Carney expressed backing for the ceasefire. A Ukrainian official conveyed Zelenskyy's position that Russia should honour the truce arrangement and that an immediate halt to strikes on power facilities and civilian areas was needed. Separately, a statement indicated that Canadian oil and diesel exports to the United States had been brought to more than one million barrels per day. A further official, posting on social media, reported that Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure had grown over the weekend, leaving civilians without heat or light, and noted backing for President Trump's call for a sustained energy ceasefire to take effect at once, adding that Zelenskyy had been consulted the day before and that Ukraine stood ready to comply should the attacks cease.
Trump posted to Truth Social early that Sunday, declaring an immediate halt to energy-related hostilities in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and stating that both sides had agreed to the terms. The statement took Kyiv by surprise, with the demand to leave the agreement intact arriving without warning. Zelenskyy's reaction was one of uncertainty as he sought further information, while stating that Ukraine backed the ceasefire and that the same commitment was needed from Russia — a position Moscow had yet to publicly confirm or deny.
Support for the appeal came from both France and the European Commission, while a number of heads of government pressed Moscow to honour the terms of the agreement.
On Sunday, power infrastructure serving both Kyiv and Kharkiv was among the energy facilities put out of action by aerial strikes that Ukrainian officials attributed to Russia, with Zelenskyy's office describing the day's activity as a concentrated wave of drone attacks involving the Iranian-designed unmanned aircraft that Russian forces have increasingly relied upon. Strikes on power generation and heating networks across Ukraine have been documented repeatedly since the full-scale conflict began in 2022, leaving many areas without reliable electricity or warmth. Drone and missile strikes on Russian oil-refining facilities have been carried out by Ukrainian forces, who attribute the revenue generated by those plants to the financing of ongoing military operations.
The ceasefire drew support that remained separate from the disputes surrounding a deal on diesel reached between the US and Russia — announced by Trump two days earlier — under which American sanctions targeting Russian diesel supplies were lifted on a temporary basis. Kyiv and its European partners contended that the proposal would give Putin room to act with greater confidence. Zelenskyy described the arrangement as flawed, while seven US senators — four of them from the Republican party — publicly stated on Sunday that it ran contrary to the law.
After a phone call between Carney and Zelenskyy, Carney stated that the diesel arrangement ran contrary to the direction Ukraine, Canada, and their allies were pursuing in the interest of European peace and stability. When journalists put that position to Trump on Saturday, he indicated that Ukraine needed a different leader — one capable of bringing the war to an end.
Zelenskyy told a broadcaster that the choice of leadership belonged to the people and their society, and attributed the climb in fuel costs to the conflict in West Asia and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — a connection he said was broadly understood. Speaking in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul conveyed that his government's backing for Zelenskyy remained in place, adding that European stability depended on standing alongside Ukraine and its administration.
Von der Leyen, the EU's top official, expressed support for Zelenskyy, describing him as leading his country's struggle for self-determination. Kyiv resident Olesia Goncharuk, 40, told a major news channel that Ukrainians hold the right to determine their own future, and that decisions about their leadership belong to them alone, voicing unease over Trump's suggestion that Zelenskyy be replaced.
