Trump claims Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire — SkimNews
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- Trump declared Sunday an energy ceasefire has been reached between Russia and Ukraine, writing: "Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine."
- The announcement follows the Trump administration's deal days earlier to acquire diesel from Russia while lifting sanctions on Moscow.
- Zelenskyy told CBC he had not seen the deal but supports it, while the NYT reports Ukraine rebuffed Trump's separate call to ditch Zelensky over energy strikes.
Why it matters: The ceasefire claim lands just days after the US moved to buy Russian diesel and lift sanctions, revealing a transactional track running in parallel with Trump's peace announcements. Zelenskyy's conditional backing ("hasn't seen but supports") and Ukraine's reported rebuff of Trump's push to replace him show Kyiv retains leverage even as the White House claims momentum.
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