Trump says Russia and Ukraine conform to an ‘power ceasefire’ : NPR
A rescue employee places out a fireplace at residential homes destroyed in a Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “power ceasefire” within the 4 1/2-year-old struggle, however he supplied no particulars on it and Kyiv reported assaults by Moscow on power websites after his assertion.
Trump’s temporary social media publish mentioned solely that the ceasefire took impact instantly, including: “Don’t break it!”
Moscow didn’t instantly remark. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned that whereas his nation “welcomed” the announcement by Trump as “excellent news for everybody,” Russia was nonetheless hitting power infrastructure in Kyiv and within the metropolis of Kharkiv.
“Sadly, Ukrainian skies have been infested with Russian ‘shaheds’ all day right this moment,” he mentioned in a night handle, referring to drones launched by Moscow . “There have been glide bomb strikes and strikes on our power infrastructure too. An influence plant in Kharkiv was attacked this night.”
The presidential workplace confirmed the Kharkiv assault got here after Trump’s ceasefire publish.
Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine was “able to chorus from hanging Russian power infrastructure — and we depend on the identical readiness from Russia.”
Russia has sought to disclaim Ukrainian civilians energy, warmth and working water throughout the struggle, hoping to put on down public resistance to Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Ukrainian officers describe the technique as “weaponizing winter.”
Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine has proposed many de-escalatory steps however Russian President Vladimir Putin “had one reply to all of them — ‘nyet.’ We do hope that he’ll lastly say one thing totally different to America, Ukraine, and the complete world.”
He mentioned Kyiv is sustaining contact with the U.S., and he thanked People for his or her assist. He mentioned on X that he had spoken in regards to the growth with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and NATO Secretary-Common Mark Rutte.
In an interview broadcast earlier Sunday, Zelenskyy mentioned Kyiv was able to cease hanging Russian refineries if Moscow halted assaults on Ukraine’s power system, and he requested Trump to press the Kremlin to agree.
“We’re asking President Trump, (to) give them (a) sign, not (to) assault power infrastructure of Ukraine,” he instructed ABC’s “This Week .”
On Sept. 14, Trump claimed on social media that each nations had agreed “to not hit” one another’s power infrastructure however supplied no particulars on that proposal both. Whereas Zelenskyy had mentioned Ukraine was able to comply if Russia did, nothing got here of the proposal.
Trump spars with Zelenskyy
Trump mentioned Saturday it was time for Ukraine to get a brand new president, suggesting Zelenskyy has not performed sufficient to finish the struggle and blaming him for top diesel costs within the U.S.
Zelenskyy mentioned in response to Trump’s feedback that Ukraine might maintain elections if Russia agreed to a 60-day ceasefire.
“Give us two months, 60 days off. Complete ceasefire, 60 days, and we are going to arrange elections,” he mentioned, including that Ukraine could be prepared to just accept no matter selection its individuals made.
“With all respect to President Trump, it is as much as our society, as much as our individuals to decide on one or one other chief,” he mentioned. Holding an election throughout the struggle could be illegal and that Ukraine would wish safety ensures to permit for protected voting, Zelenskyy added.
Ukraine has been beneath martial legislation since Putin launched the full-scale invasion in February 2022, and the Ukrainian Structure bars elections whereas it stays in pressure. Past the authorized barrier, a nationwide vote could be susceptible to Russian assaults, and organizing one is extensively seen as logistically unattainable, with roughly a fifth of the nation held by Russia, thousands and thousands of Ukrainians displaced overseas and troopers on the entrance line. Zelenskyy’s time period formally expired in Could 2024, however the structure permits him to stay in workplace till a brand new president is sworn in.
The alternate got here as Kyiv pressed its marketing campaign towards Russian infrastructure, with a drone assault on Sunday shutting down a knowledge middle within the metropolis of Vladimir, east of Moscow, run by expertise large Yandex. It was the third strike on the corporate’s amenities in 4 days.
Russia and Ukraine have been waging a long-range aerial struggle whereas their armies stay largely deadlocked on the entrance line.
Trump, who on Friday struck a take care of Putin to purchase diesel from Moscow in an try to deal with excessive gasoline costs forward of U.S. midterm elections, has been urging Zelenskyy for weeks to cease hanging Russian power infrastructure.
He has sought responsible file U.S. diesel costs on Ukraine relatively than the U.S.-led struggle in Iran, which has pushed up world power costs. Ukrainian and European officers reacted to the diesel take care of dismay, saying it is going to assist pay for Russia’s struggle effort.
Ukrainian strike on Russian information middle triggers outages
The Ukrainian drone assault on the Yandex information middle in Vladimir induced outages throughout the corporate’s companies, leaving customers in dozens of Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia unable to order taxis or entry banking companies, in keeping with Russian unbiased information outlet Astra.
“Operations on the information middle have been fully halted. There have been no accidents,” mentioned the Yandex Cloud Telegram channel, which updates service availability.
Moscow residents described disruption to on a regular basis duties. Pavel Belyavskiy, a driver for Yandex Taxi, mentioned it was unclear whether or not orders have been coming by way of in any respect, and that he needed to cancel a number of rides after ready a very long time as a result of he couldn’t attain the passenger.
“I might press the ‘name’ button to contact them, however nothing occurs,” he mentioned. “There’s nothing I can do, so I am simply pressured to cancel.”
Igor Mann mentioned he tried to examine on an order on the Yandex Market purchasing platform however the web page was unavailable, and connecting by way of a digital personal community didn’t assist. “Nothing labored,” he mentioned.
One other Muscovite, Eduard Malyavko, mentioned the outages had a “direct influence” and weren’t nearly “comfort.” He mentioned they affected “healthcare, and every little thing else.”
On Thursday, a drone assault took a Yandex information middle offline within the Ryazan area, southeast of Moscow. The subsequent day, Ukrainian drones hit the corporate’s main information middle within the Kaluga area, southwest of Moscow, disabling a part of the power, Yandex mentioned.
Yandex, usually described as Russia’s Google, runs the nation’s hottest search engine and a variety of digital companies, and is closely concerned in Russia’s synthetic intelligence growth.
Zaporizhzhia demise toll rises to 23
Elsewhere, search and rescue operations ended within the southern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian bombing on Saturday, in keeping with Ivan Fedorov, former regional head and co-chair of the regional protection council.
Zelenskyy mentioned 23 individuals have been killed within the assault, together with 4 kids. Greater than 30 individuals have been wounded, Fedorov mentioned, with eight nonetheless hospitalized.
A person was killed and two girls wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Bryansk border area, native officers mentioned Sunday.
