Trump Announces Energy Cease-Fire Between Ukraine, Russia As Countries Trade Strikes

United States President Donald Trump stated Russia and Ukraine had actually consented to an energy cease-fire, following his earlier choice to reduce constraints on Russian diesel exports and his subsequent require a modification in management in Kyiv.

“Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,” he composed on October 11 on Truth Social. “Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!”

Soon after, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Kyiv supported the effort and was awaiting information from Washington. He had earlier signified a desire to stop strikes on Russian oil refineries, offered Moscow stopped assaulting Ukraine’s energy facilities.

“It is important that Russia support it as well,” Zelenskyy composed on X. “Ukraine always FULLY supports steps toward de-escalation, the protection of lives, and the decisions needed to end the war and guarantee lasting peace.”

There was no instant verification from Moscow of Trump’s statement, which came amidst ongoing Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian drone attacks on innovation centers inside Russia.

Formerly, the Kremlin has actually been declining require any cease-fire arrangements, looking for to push Kyiv into undesirable offer by greatly targeting energy websites in Ukraine and leaving thousands without heat or electrical power in the middle of freezing temperature levels in winter season.

Trump has in the previous stated that the sides had actually accepted stop attacks on energy websites– most just recently on September 14– just to see Russia continue its strikes, ending any hopes of an enduring truce.

Trump’s most current declaration came 2 days after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump revealed an offer to briefly loosen up curbs on Russian diesel exports, a choice Zelenskyy identified as an indication of United States “weakness” and a “gift” to Putin.

The Ukrainian president argued that restored Russian energy profits would motivate Moscow to lengthen its long-running intrusion, now in its 56th month.

Trump later on stated that Ukraine needs to “get a new leader,” blaming Zelenskyy for the absence of an offer to end Russia’s war versus his nation and requiring Kyiv “damn well stop” striking Russian oil refineries in the middle of an international energy lack mainly brought on by the United States war with Iran.

The United States president made ending Russia’s war on Ukraine war a top priority when he started his present term in January 2025, however Kyiv and Moscow stay far apart in their working out positions.

The Kremlin has actually been providing no concessions and has actually been staying with hard-line needs consisting of Russian control over the part of the Donbas it has actually been not able to take in fight.

In addition, Russia has actually continued its ruthless barrage of Ukrainian areas. Given that the start of this year, nevertheless, Kyiv has actually significantly reacted with a project of its own.

Ukrainian long-range strikes have actually been targeting Russian military and oil-refinery centers in an effort to suppress profits for the intrusion.

“Ukraine will be ready to stop attacks on Russian refineries if Russia stops attacking our energy infrastructure. Any de-escalation steps must be mutual and with real guarantees,” Zelenskyy composed on Telegram on October 11.

Moscow Continues Daily Strikes, Kyiv Targets Yandex

Hours after Trump’s statement of the energy cease-fire, Ukrainian authorities reported fresh Russian strikes on the nation’s civilian and energy facilities.

In the nation’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, a minimum of 3 individuals, consisting of 2 teens, were eliminated and 25 others were hurt when Russian forces struck near a regional supermarket, local guv Oleh Syniehubov stated.

Zelenskyy stated Russia had actually likewise targeted energy facilities in the area. “Unfortunately, Ukrainian skies have been infested with Russian Shahed drones all day today,” he included his everyday video address.

3 more individuals were eliminated in a jet-powered drone strike in Ukraine’s western area of Ivano-Frankivsk. The attack harmed a regional hotel and left 3 other individuals hurt, according to the city authorities.

Previously in the day, in Slovyansk, in the eastern Donetsk area, a Russian air campaign harmed 2 apartment, damaging a whole entryway area of a five-story block. A minimum of 4 individuals were reported hurt, while rescuers worked to complimentary locals caught in houses, according to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service

“I can’t breathe,” regional resident Svitlana informed RFE/RL at the website of the consequences with her hands shaking. She was strolling on crutches, she stated, including that rescuers have actually brought her below her messed up home on the 4th flooring.

“I feel bad,” Svitlana stated. “We were sleeping… Now nothing in the apartment is left intact.”

In other places, in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Russian drones harmed an apartment and set fire to storage facilities and cars, hurting 4 individuals, consisting of 2 eight-year-old ladies, according to local authorities.

In the southern port city of Odesa, an attack late on October 10 harmed a two-story domestic structure, damaging 3 homes and setting the roofing ablaze.

Ukraine has actually on the other hand continued its vindictive strikes on Russian innovation facilities, targeting centers run by Yandex, the nation’s leading Internet search and innovation business.

A drone strike on October 11 required the total shutdown of a Yandex information center in Russia’s Vladimir area.

Yandex stated the center had actually stopped operations which a few of its services were not available as an outcome. It reported no casualties. According to Russian reports, Yandex’s taxi and food shipment services were interrupted in Moscow following the drone attacks.

Frequently referred to as the Russian Google, Yandex runs extensively utilized search, mapping, and other digital services, and is a significant designer of expert system. Its information centers support both customer services and calculating facilities utilized to establish AI designs, making their interruption possibly substantial for Russia’s innovation sector.

The current attack followed a strike on Yandex’s Sasovo center in the Ryazan area over night on October 7-8, which supposedly handicapped 2 of the business’s 3 primary AI-development supercomputers, and another on October 9 that knocked out part of its information center in Kaluga.

European Leaders Back Ukraine

Amidst Trump’s harshest criticism of Zelenskyy because the 2 had actually enhanced ties following an extremely controversial conference at the White House in February 2025, European leaders have actually declared their assistance for the Ukrainian president and nation’s protective efforts.

“This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t,” EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas composed on X on October 10, condemning the diesel arrangement and alerting it would increase Moscow’s war profits.

She included that EU foreign ministers prepared to authorize brand-new sanctions listings on October 12. Some of the bloc’s greatest member states, consisting of Germany, verified they would keep their rigorous sanctions routine regardless of Washington’s shift.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo explained Trump’s arrangement with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “terrible disappointment,” while Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson kept in mind that the upcoming EU bundle would target 1,600 entities within Russia’s military-industrial complex.

Over the previous day, Zelenskyy had a series of phone with French President Emmanuel Macron, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, going over air defense and continued pressure on Moscow.

“The Russians need to feel that they will have no capability delegated lengthen the war,” Zelenskyy stated after consulting with Macron.

He likewise validated that Finland would provide specific ammo for Ukraine’s F-16 fighter jets in the coming days to help in obstructing Russian Shahed drones.

Independently, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated on October 10 that “the previous 24 hours had actually been tough for Ukraine,” according to Downing Streetincluding that the UK would continue reinforcing sanctions on Russia individually.

The US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) alerted in an evaluation on October 9 that the unilateral easing of constraints would benefit Russia’s war effort without protecting an equivalent concession from Moscow.

In a follow-up evaluation on October 10the think tank kept in mind that Putin made use of the call to blame Ukraine for stalled peace talks, pointing out supposed Ukrainian strikes on Russian election facilities throughout September’s State Duma elections.

ISW stated that this accusation was unsupported by proof which Putin’s “unchanged war aims demonstrates the Kremlin’s continued unwillingness to accept any compromised peace proposals on any terms that fall short of fulfilling Russia’s maximalist demands of Ukraine’s complete capitulation.”

With reporting by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian and Russian services