Kyiv:

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Russia had attacked an energy plant after US President Donald Trump announced an “energy ceasefire” between the two countries.

“The Russians struck a power plant in Kyiv with a ‘shahed’ drone,” Zelensky said in a social media post, adding that strikes on other energy facilities followed in the Kharkiv region.

“And all of this happened AFTER the President of the United States made his statement about an energy ceasefire,” he added.

Earlier Sunday, US President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure. 

Zelensky was quick to say this was news to him and there has so far been no response from Moscow.

Trump had announced Sunday morning in Washington that “effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine.”

“Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” he wrote on his Truth Social network without any further details.

Zelensky expressed surprise at the announcement and said he was seeking further details, while Russia has yet to confirm its agreement.

The announcement came two days after Trump announced a temporary easing of US sanctions on Russian diesel, prompting outrage by Ukraine and its European allies, who argued it only emboldened Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.

Trump, whose war against Iran has led to global oil shortages, has blamed Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries for sending diesel prices soaring, creating major risks for his party in US elections next month.

“Ukraine supports the ceasefire, and it is important that Russia support it as well,” Zelensky said on his Facebook page after speaking with the leaders of Canada, Finland and NATO.

Russia has launched waves of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure since invading in February 2022, knocking out power and heating to millions during freezing temperatures, while Ukraine has systematically struck Russian oil refineries that it says fund the war.

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