Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that so far, "there is no indication that Russia is complying" with an energy ceasefire announced by President Trump the day before.

"Ukraine is ready to guarantee the energy ceasefire, as announced by the American President, and Russia must take corresponding steps," Zelenskyy wrote on X. "As of now, there is no indication that Russia is complying with the conditions outlined by the American President."

The U.S. president later told reporters that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin "wants to make a deal more than Zelenskyy."

In January, Mr. Trump claimed that Putin agreed not to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure for a week, but Russia attacked Kyiv's power and heating plants four days later. In September, Mr. Trump said both Putin and Zelenskyy had agreed to refrain from striking one another's energy infrastructure, but neither side halted attacks.

Zelenskyy told CBS News in an interview after the September proposal that Ukraine would be willing to agree to such a moratorium but doubted Russia would ever reciprocate.

The attacks have brought Russian oil refining to a 20-year low and reduced diesel production by 30% in 2026, according to the International Energy Agency, but Russia's economy has shown little sign of collapse.

Russia — with more drones and missiles and an economy 10 times the size of Ukraine's — is able to inflict more relative pain on both the country's economy and its civilians. Ukraine has already begun to experience power outages this fall as Russia hammers its power grid heading into winter.

Last winter, as Ukrainians faced frequent power and heating outages through one of the coldest winters in recent memory, Mr. Trump requested Putin stop striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. This week, though, he has directed pressure toward Ukraine.

The pressure comes as Mr. Trump grapples with high global energy prices — a situation he has argued has more to do with the Russia-Ukraine war than the Iran war. Last week, Mr. Trump announced a deal to allow Russia to sell some diesel to the U.S. and global markets, a change of course after years of U.S. efforts to block Russia from financing its war effort by selling petroleum products abroad.

The Ukrainian official said that Ukraine's government is taking the threats very seriously as intelligence sharing allows Ukraine to know where and when Russia launches its ballistic missiles from, and the PURL program is the only way Ukraine can purchase its Patriot air defense missiles, already in short supply.

"A lot depends on America's position for de-escalation to actually succeed," he wrote on X. "Pressure on Russia is needed."

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