Kyiv says Russia hits energy targets despite Trump’s ceasefire announcement

On Monday, October 12, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Russia struck at least six energy targets, including a power plant and a fuel station, during deadly airstrikes across Ukraine. The attacks occurred within a day of U.S. President Donald Trump announcing an energy ceasefire.

According to Ukrainian officials, the widespread strikes demonstrate that Moscow has no interest in honoring the newly announced energy ceasefire brokered or declared by the U.S. president. Emergency responders were deployed to sites such as a fuel station in Kharkiv as the country grappled with the aftermath of the infrastructure assaults.