Trump announces Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire; Zelensky says he was not informed

US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine claiming both sides had agreed to stop attacking each otherrsquos energy infrastructure However Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had not been informed of the arrangement while Moscow had yet to confirm itldquoEffective immediately there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine Both parties have agreed Do not break it Thank you for your attention to this matterrdquo Trump wrote on Truth SocialEffective Immediately An ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine httpstcoPukfiuHOdymdash The White House WhiteHouse October 11 2026The White House echoed the announcement on X about 20 minutes later posting ldquoEffective Immediately An Energy Ceasefire in the War between Russia and UkrainerdquoTrump did not specify when the agreement was reached which facilities would be covered how long the truce would last or how compliance would be monitoredNeither the Kremlin nor the Ukrainian government had issued a formal statement confirming the arrangement in the hours following Trumps announcementSpeaking to Axios shortly after the post Zelensky said the announcement had come as a surprise to him but indicated that Kyiv would accept the arrangement if Moscow agreed to it news agency IANS reportedZelensky says Ukraine ready for energy ceasefire if Russia agreesldquoThe ceasefire announcement was news for me But if Russians agree to an energy ceasefire Ukraine will agreerdquo Zelensky saidldquoIf President Trump negotiated it with Putin please tell us when the ceasefire begins we are ready and we will accept itrdquo he addedA senior Ukrainian official also told the Kyiv Independent that Kyiv had no information about the ceasefire and doubted that Russia had been informedEarlier on Sunday Zelensky had proposed a reciprocal halt to attacks on energy infrastructure ldquoUkraine will be ready to stop striking Russian oil refineries if Russia stops striking our energy infrastructurerdquo he wrote on X stressing that any deescalation must be mutual and backed by real guaranteesThe announcement came two days after Trump unveiled an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow Russian diesel to be released into American and global markets The move drew criticism from Ukraine European officials and lawmakers from both major US political partiesThe US Treasury Departmentrsquos Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License 135 authorising certain transactions involving Russianorigin diesel until April 2027Trumprsquos previous ceasefire claim remains unconfirmed by Moscow and KyivOn Saturday Trump blamed Zelensky for continuing drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and said Ukraine should ldquoget a new leader who can make a dealrdquoTrump had made a similar claim last month saying on Truth Social that Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to attack each otherrsquos energy targets Axios reported at the time that neither side confirmed the arrangement while attacks on energy infrastructure continuedThe latest announcement leaves uncertainty over whether a formal agreement exists with Kyiv seeking clarity on its terms and Moscow yet to publicly confirm the truceWith IANS inputs