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President Donald Trump said on Sunday (October 11, 2026) that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war, but he offered no details on it, and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement.
Mr. Moscow did not immediately comment. Mr. We do hope that he will finally say something different to America, Ukraine, and the entire world. Mr.
Trump’s brief social media post said only that the ceasefire took effect immediately, adding: “Do not break it! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that while his country “welcomed” the announcement by Trump as “good news for everyone,” Russia was still hitting energy infrastructure in Kyiv and in the city of Kharkiv. Zelenskyy said Ukraine has proposed many de-escalatory steps but Russian President Vladimir Putin “had one answer to all of them — nyet. He said Kyiv is maintaining contact with the US, and he thanked Americans for their support. He said on X that he had spoken about the development with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
Trump said on Saturday it was time for Ukraine to get a new president , suggesting Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war and blaming him for high diesel prices in the US
Holding an election during the war would be unlawful, and that Ukraine would need security guarantees to allow for safe voting, Mr. Zelenskyy added.
“With all respect to President Trump, it’s up to our society, up to our people to choose one or another leader,” he said.
Putin launched the full-scale invasion in February 2022, and the Ukrainian Constitution bars elections while it remains in force. Zelenskyy’s term formally expired in May 2024, but the Constitution allows him to remain in office until a new president is sworn in. Ukraine has been under martial law since Mr. Beyond the legal barrier, a nationwide vote would be vulnerable to Russian attacks, and organising one is widely seen as logistically impossible, with roughly a fifth of the country held by Russia, millions of Ukrainians displaced abroad and soldiers on the front line. Mr.
