# Ukraine says Russia broke Trump's energy ceasefire

> Hours after Trump announced a halt to attacks on energy infrastructure, Russia struck Ukrainian power plants. Ukraine and Europe express doubt the deal will hold.
- Title: Ukraine says Russia broke Trump's energy ceasefire | Shortify
- Summary: Hours after Trump announced a halt to attacks on energy infrastructure, Russia struck Ukrainian power plants. Ukraine and Europe express doubt the deal will…
- Keywords: russia, ukraine, donald trump, volodymyr zelenskyy, energy ceasefire, kyiv, kharkiv, european union, kaja kallas, news, world, broke
- Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/12/ukraine-russia-trump-energy-ceasefire-nato-zelenskyy-nobel-latest-news-updates
- Published: 2026-10-12T07:12:19+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: russia, ukraine, donald trump, volodymyr zelenskyy, energy ceasefire, kyiv, kharkiv, european union, kaja kallas, news, world
## Trump announces energy ceasefire
On Sunday morning, Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, saying both parties had agreed to stop hitting each other's energy infrastructure.

> effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine
## Ukraine says it was not consulted
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the ceasefire announcement was news to him. Russia has still not confirmed its agreement to the deal.

> news to me
## Russia strikes Ukrainian power plants
On Sunday, Russian drones hit a Kyiv power plant causing outages, and struck a power plant in Kharkiv. Zelenskyy said Ukrainian skies had been infested with Russian shaheds all day.

> Ukrainian skies have been infested with Russian 'shaheds' all day
## Russian attacks kill six civilians
Russian attacks killed six people in two Ukrainian cities on Sunday. A strike on a grocery store in Kharkiv killed three people and injured twenty, including two children.
## Europe doubts Russia will comply
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc would welcome a truce but only when it holds, adding we have not yet seen Russia stick to it.

> when it holds
## Key takeaway

Russia struck Ukrainian energy facilities on Sunday despite Trump's announcement of an energy ceasefire, which Ukraine said was news to it and Russia has not confirmed.