Trump claims there’s an energy ceasefire

President Trump says that Russia and Ukraine had reached an energy ceasefire after he said Russia would supply diesel to the global marketplace.

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“Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday morning. “Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!”

The president previously announced an energy ceasefire between both countries in mid-September. He wrote on Truth Social at the time that both countries agreed to not hit the other country’s energy infrastructure.

Trump announced this latest energy ceasefire deal after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with ABC News’s “This Week,” called for an energy ceasefire from both sides.

“It’s fair deal. It’s not the best deal,” Zelesnky said. “The best deal not –– not to have a war to stop Putin. But the first step is ceasefire, energy ceasefire. OK, if they want energy ceasefire, we are open for this. Don’t attack us. Don’t kill our children. We will stop attack your diesel. And I think it’s fair, fair deal.”

Reports indicated that after the announcement, Russia struck a Ukrainian power plant.

On Monday, Zelensky told Fox News he supported a ceasefire, but said he wasn’t sure if Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready.

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