Trump announces energy ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine agreed to an energy ceasefire in their four and a half year old war, taking effect immediately.

Trump offers no details

Trump's social media post provided no specifics on the ceasefire agreement, only stating it took effect immediately and adding: Do not break it.

“Do not break it!”

Ukraine reports continued attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was still hitting energy infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv after Trump's announcement, with a power plant attacked that evening.

Zelenskyy welcomes but questions ceasefire

Zelenskyy said Ukraine welcomed Trump's announcement as good news but noted Russian drones and glide bombs struck energy infrastructure. He said Ukraine is ready to refrain from striking Russian energy infrastructure.

“Unfortunately, Ukrainian skies have been infested with Russian 'shaheds' all day today.”

Russia's winter warfare strategy

Russia has sought to deny Ukrainian civilians power, heat and running water during the war, hoping to wear down public resistance to Moscow's full-scale invasion. Ukrainian officials describe this as weaponizing winter.

Zelenskyy calls for Trump pressure on Putin

Zelenskyy said Ukraine has proposed many de-escalatory steps but Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected all of them. He said he hopes Putin will respond differently to America, Ukraine and the world.

“had one answer to all of them, 'nyet.'”

Trump and Zelenskyy clash over elections

Trump said Saturday Ukraine should get a new president, suggesting Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war. Zelenskyy responded that Ukraine could hold elections if Russia agreed to a sixty day ceasefire.

Elections impossible during martial law

Ukraine has been under martial law since Putin launched the full-scale invasion in February two thousand twenty-two.

Ukraine strikes Russian data center

Ukrainian drones attacked a Yandex data center in Vladimir on Sunday, shutting it down. It was the third strike on the company's facilities in four days, causing outages across Russia and neighbouring countries.

Yandex outages disrupt Russian services

The data center attack caused outages across Yandex services, leaving users in dozens of Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia unable to order taxis or access banking services.

“Operations at the data center have been completely halted. There were no injuries.”

Zaporizhzhia bombing kills twenty-three

Search and rescue operations ended in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian bombing on Saturday. Zelenskyy said twenty-three people were killed, including four children, with more than thirty wounded.