{"id":227260,"date":"2026-10-11T23:18:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T23:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-announces-partial-ceasefire-in-ukraine-war-as-zelenskyy-says-deal-is-news-to-me-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T23:18:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T23:18:38","slug":"trump-announces-partial-ceasefire-in-ukraine-war-as-zelenskyy-says-deal-is-news-to-me-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-announces-partial-ceasefire-in-ukraine-war-as-zelenskyy-says-deal-is-news-to-me-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces partial ceasefire in Ukraine war as Zelenskyy says deal is \u2018news to me\u2019 – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian president earlier rejected US call for Kyiv to stop bombing oil refineries, saying Moscow must first end attacks on energy infrastructure
Donald Trump has announced an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, apparently without consulting Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>, who said the deal to stop long-range attacks was \u201cnews to me\u201d.
In a social media post, the US president claimed the two sides had reached an agreement. \u201cEffective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine<\/a>. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!\u201d he wrote on Truth Social.
He offered no further details. Zelenskyy said he was surprised by the announcement but would agree to it if Vladimir Putin<\/a> did the same. \u201cIf President Trump negotiated it with Putin \u2013 please tell us when the ceasefire begins. We are ready and we will accept it,\u201d the Ukrainian president told the Axios website.
Earlier, Zelenskyy rebuffed Trump\u2019s demand made on Saturday that Kyiv stop bombing Russian oil refineries. Zelenskyy said Moscow had to first halt its own \u201cbrutal\u201d attacks on his country\u2019s energy infrastructure.
Any deal to end long-range drone strikes by Ukraine on targets inside Russia would have to be \u201creciprocal\u201d, he said. It should be backed by \u201creal guarantees\u201d \u2013 meaning punitive measures against Moscow from Ukraine\u2019s allies, including the US.
There was no sign that the Kremlin was observing Trump\u2019s ceasefire. According to Zelenskyy, Russian drones took to the sky \u201cthroughout the day\u201d on Sunday. There were also \u201cunfortunately\u201d several airstrikes, he said, including on energy infrastructure.
The Ukrainian president said the Russians hit thermal power station No 5 in the eastern city of Kharkiv \u2013 the latest of more than 200 strikes this week against electricity generation and transmission facilities in Ukraine. There were another 17 hits on gas and oil facilities, he added.
The fast-moving row between Washington and Kyiv began on Friday when Trump announced he was lifting sanctions on Russian diesel exports<\/a>. He said the move would reduce global and domestic fuel prices before next month\u2019s US midterm elections.
A furious Zelenskyy called the decision \u201cweak\u201d and said it would generate \u201cbillions\u201d in extra revenue for Putin, enabling him to wage war \u201ceven more intensely\u201d. An equally irate Trump said Zelenskyy should \u201cdamn well stop\u201d hitting Russian refineries. Ukraine needed a \u201cnew leader\u201d<\/a>, he said on Saturday.
Responding to Trump, Zelenskyy said it was up to Ukrainians to choose \u201cone or another leader\u201d. He told ABC News he was willing to accept Trump\u2019s demands and to organise elections, but only if Putin agreed to a \u201ctotal\u201d 60-day ceasefire.
The bitter public feud is the most serious between the US and Ukraine since last year, when Trump berated Zelenskyy in the Oval Office<\/a>.
The Financial Times, citing officials in Europe<\/a>, reported on Sunday that the US is \u2060threatening \u2060to stop \u200bthe procurement \u2060system that provides \u2060Ukraine \u200bwith \u200cweapons to \u200cpress Kyiv to halt its \u200cdeep strikes on \u200bRussian energy infrastructure.
The New York Times<\/a> has reported that US officials have offered the Kremlin lucrative economic incentives in exchange for a ceasefire. They reportedly include releasing billions in Russian sovereign assets that are frozen. The Trump administration also revisited a plan to sell parts of Russia\u2019s energy company, Lukoil. The multibillion deal would benefit Middle Eastern investors, the paper reported<\/a>, some with \u201cbusiness ties\u201d to US negotiators.
On Saturday, Trump criticised Zelenskyy and said he had refused to make a deal to end the fighting. In response, Ukraine\u2019s president laid the blame for Europe\u2019s biggest war since 1945 on \u201cRussia and Russia alone\u201d. \u201cIt is possible to stop strikes on energy infrastructure as early as today, but Putin does not want to do so,\u201d he said.
Ukrainian officials point out that the White House is demanding Kyiv give up its most effective weapon, without demanding any corresponding concessions from Russia. In recent weeks, Kyiv has dealt a major blow to Russia\u2019s economy, striking oil complexes, warehouses and datacentres.
Russia\u2019s own bombing campaign has been relentless. On Saturday it killed 23 people in the city of Zaporizhzhia, including four children, and hit a five-storey apartment block in the frontline town of Sloviansk. Zelenskyy said Moscow\u2019s aerial campaign involved thousands of aerial bombs and jet-powered drones. It continued \u201cunabated\u201d, he said.
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The head of Ukraine\u2019s foreign affairs committee, Oleksandr Merezhko<\/a>, said Trump\u2019s \u201cbullying\u201d demand for Zelenskyy to quit had strengthened him at home \u201cparadoxically\u201d, after recent damaging corruption scandals. \u201cPutin\u2019s plan is to decapitate Zelenskyy and remove him as a wartime leader. Trump is siding with Putin,\u201d Merezhko said.
He added: \u201cI\u2019m afraid that behind this situation is Trump\u2019s worldview. He wants to do business with Putin. For him, Ukraine seems like an obstacle to be removed. Both Trump and Putin wish to pressure us into capitulation.\u201d
Referring to the notorious 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and the USSR, Merezhko said: \u201cWe are moving to a new Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and to a world of strongmen and spheres of influence.\u201d
Merezhko said Ukraine would continue to destroy enemy oil refineries, against US wishes, because they funded Russia\u2019s war machine and acknowledged that a cutoff of US intelligence sharing with Kyiv \u2013 threatened by the Trump administration<\/a> \u2013 would \u201cblind\u201d Ukraine\u2019s air defence systems. \u201cThis would be an act of complicity with Putin\u2019s genocide. It would mean more dead civilians and dead children,\u201d he said.
Ukrainian negotiators had been meeting in Florida with their American counterparts, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, when Trump announced the US was lifting sanctions on Russian diesel. Blindsided, the Ukrainians went home early. \u201cIt felt like a trap,\u201d one stunned Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent newspaper<\/a>.
On Sunday, Zelenskyy shored up support in a series of conversations with key allies including Canada\u2019s prime minister, Mark Carney, the Polish leader, Donald Tusk, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.
Earlier Zelenskyy spoke with the UK prime minister, Andy Burnham, France\u2019s president, Emmanuel Macron, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb. Downing Street said<\/a> Burnham recognised the last 24 hours had been \u201cdifficult\u201d for Ukraine and \u201creiterated his complete solidarity\u201d.
Downing Street said the two leaders agreed \u201cto maintain pressure on Russia\u201d and to strengthen the sanctions regime, despite Trump\u2019s efforts to the contrary. \u201cRussia should agree to an immediate energy ceasefire, ending its brutal strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and its attacks on shipping in the Black Sea,\u201d a statement added.
Speaking over the weekend, Zelenskyy said Trump\u2019s decision empowered Putin and gave him \u201cextra money for the war\u201d, running into millions and \u201cperhaps billions\u201d. \u201cIt is certainly not fair. It is certainly not how partners should act. And, in my view, it is a weak decision,\u201d he said.
Luke Harding\u2019s Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest<\/a> is published by Guardian Faber<\/p>\n

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