Zelenskyy says Russia hit at least six energy targets as ceasefire remains unconfirmed

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire effective immediately. His post did not publish terms defining which facilities or attacks would be covered, how long a halt would last, or how compliance would be monitored. The post is the basis for the claim; it is not a signed or jointly issued agreement.[5][8][9]

Zelenskyy initially told Axios that Trump's post was news to him and said Ukraine would agree if Russia did. Later Sunday, he said Kyiv supported the step but needed a response from Russia and clear details from Washington, according to the Ukrainian president's website and Reuters. On Monday, Zelenskyy said Kyiv had not attacked Russian refineries overnight and was ready to honor a reciprocal pause. The Kremlin said contacts were ongoing; neither statement confirms Russian acceptance or a published bilateral accord.[9][10][11]

Zelenskyy's Sunday address said Russian drones remained in Ukrainian airspace and that CHP-5 in Kharkiv had just been struck. On Monday, speaking to the Warsaw Security Forum and in a post on X, he said Russia had also hit a gas-production facility and a petrol station and had struck at least six energy targets overnight and into the morning. The Presidential Office said the Kharkiv plant sustained damage. These accounts come from Ukrainian officials; the reporting reviewed did not independently verify the claimed target count or damage at each site.[12][2][1][3][13]

Ukraine's National Police reported a separate strike on the community of Pisochyn, outside Kharkiv, late Oct. 11. The force said a 16-year-old boy, a 19-year-old woman and a 51-year-old woman were killed and 25 people were injured; two injured children were ages 13 and 9. The Kyiv Independent cited that police update. AP's earlier Monday report gave an initial figure of nine injured, so the later police count is the more current figure in the public record reviewed here. Police said the strike damaged a shop, residential buildings and vehicles; its report does not say the target was an energy site.[6][7][13]

EU foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas welcomed the prospect of an energy pause but said the bloc had not seen evidence Russia would observe it. Asked specifically about Trump's energy proposal, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said contacts were ongoing but did not confirm Moscow's agreement. On a separate proposal for a broader 60-day truce, Peskov said Russia wanted long-term peace, not a ceasefire, Reuters reported. Lavrov said Zelenskyy had not earned a respite. Trump, meanwhile, insisted the parties had agreed, telling reporters: 'Because I said, I said you agree.' The public record still lacks a jointly confirmed set of terms or a monitoring plan.[13][4][3][5]

The new claims and statements do not establish a violation of mutually agreed terms: Trump announced an immediate halt, but no public text, start protocol or monitoring plan has emerged, and Moscow has not confirmed acceptance. Zelenskyy's position is that Ukraine will stop strikes on Russian energy sites if Russia stops attacks on Ukraine's energy system. Whether that reciprocal proposal becomes an operating agreement remains unresolved.[5][4][10][3]