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Trump Claims Ukraine and Russia Have Agreed to 'Energy Ceasefire'
Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an "energy ceasefire" in the war between the two countries, effective immediately - though Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was not aware of any such agreement.
By Haut Monde Post
• October 11, 2026
• 3 Min Read
Donald Trump claimed Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an "energy ceasefire", announcing the trump ukraine russia energy ceasefire claim on his Truth Social network with a warning that neither side should violate it. He gave no details of any purported deal. Within hours, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he knew nothing about it.
The claim: an 'energy ceasefire' effective immediately
Trump's post on his Truth Social network declared the ceasefire in force at once and cautioned both parties against breaking it. It named no terms, no monitoring arrangements and no signatories.
"Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!"
The announcement came shortly after Zelenskyy told ABC on Sunday that Ukraine was ready for a ceasefire covering energy infrastructure.
Kyiv's response: 'news for me'
Zelenskyy told Axios he had no knowledge of the energy ceasefire Trump had announced.
"The ceasefire announcement was news for me."
He attached a condition: if Moscow agreed to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine would agree too. He also asked to be told when such a ceasefire would begin.
Refineries, 'brutal' attacks and guarantees
The claim followed a public dispute over strikes hours earlier, when Zelenskyy rejected Trump's demand that Ukraine stop bombing Russian oil refineries. He laid out his own terms for any pause on energy infrastructure attacks:
- •Moscow must first halt what he called its "brutal" attacks on Ukraine and its energy infrastructure.
- •Any deal ending Ukraine's long-range drone strikes inside Russia must be reciprocal.
- •It should be backed by "real guarantees" - punitive measures against Moscow from allies including the US.
The row began with Russian diesel sanctions
The friction between Washington and Kyiv traces to a Russian diesel sanctions decision announced by Trump on Friday. His stated aim was to bring global and domestic fuel costs down ahead of the US midterm elections next month, and he blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian diesel facilities for worldwide shortages.
Zelenskyy called the decision "weak" and said it would hand Putin "billions" in extra revenue to wage war more intensely. Trump responded that Zelenskyy should "damn well stop" hitting Russian refineries, and said on Saturday that Ukraine needed a "new leader".
Zelenskyy replied that it was up to Ukrainian society to choose "one or another leader". He told ABC News he would organise elections under US demands only if Putin agreed to a "total" sixty-day ceasefire.
As of the report, Trump had given no details of the claimed agreement, and Kyiv's position remained that Ukraine would join an energy ceasefire only if Russia did.
