Zelenskyy says Russia strikes energy facilities despite Trump claim of an energy ceasefire
Daria Kozaknichayeva, left, hugs her neighbor in the courtyard of a multistory residential building damaged in a Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
YIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that while Ukraine is willing to halt attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure, Moscow has continued to strike his country's energy sites despite U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that the warring countries had agreed to cease such attacks.
Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had been “horribly surprised” that Moscow struck a power plant in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, as well as a gas production facility and a civilian gas station hours after Trump announced the purported “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war.
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