From Fortune · Jim Edwards · · 1m 20s
Trump's ceasefire collapses as U.S. threatens Ukraine aid cuts
President Trump announces an energy ceasefire on Truth Social that Russia immediately breaks, while U.S. officials threaten to halt arms supplies to Ukraine.
In brief
President Trump announces an energy ceasefire on Truth Social that Russia immediately breaks, while U.S. officials threaten to halt arms supplies to Ukraine. Trump announced a ceasefire without informing Ukraine or Russia, Russia immediately violated it by bombing a power plant, and U.S. officials threatened to cut…
Ukraine's largest steelmaker on the brink
Yuriy Ryzhenkov, CEO of Metinvest since two thousand thirteen, leads thirty-three thousand seven hundred employees through constant Russian bombardment. More than eight thousand are fighting Russian forces. Hundreds have been killed.
“The blockade of the seaports is more severe now than it was in two thousand twenty-two.”
Trump announces ceasefire without telling anyone
President Trump announced an energy ceasefire on Truth Social. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios the ceasefire was news for him. The events suggest Trump made the announcement without informing either side.
“It was news for me.”
Russia immediately breaks the ceasefire
A Russian bombing raid on a Kharkiv power plant immediately broke Trump's announced energy ceasefire. Zelensky said, it's clear Putin doesn't read Truth Social. Moscow has not commented on the bombing.
“It's clear Putin doesn't read Truth Social.”
U.S. threatens to cut Ukraine's arms supplies
U.S.officials made phone calls to NATO counterparts threatening to stop supplying arms and intelligence to Ukraine.Trump's deal to buy previously sanctioned Russian diesel has been met with dismay across Europe and among U.S.Congress members.
The key point
Trump announced a ceasefire without informing Ukraine or Russia, Russia immediately violated it by bombing a power plant, and U.S. officials threatened to cut arms supplies to Ukraine.
