Zelensky: Russia has targeted six energy facilities since Trump announced the ceasefire

Zelensky: Russia has targeted six energy facilities since Trump announced the ceasefire

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia targeted six Ukrainian energy facilities, hours after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement between the two countries on a ceasefire limited to the energy sector.

Although Trump said on Sunday that the truce would be “effective immediately,” the Ukrainian president said that Russia had targeted “gas plants, energy infrastructure, and other facilities.”

The official Ukrainian news agency, Ukrinform, reported a power outage in the city of Izyom after a Russian strike destroyed power grids, while energy and railway infrastructure in western Ukraine was also targeted overnight.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Ukraine did not deserve the "respite" that a ceasefire would provide.

Zelensky said that 33 people were injured in attacks on energy facilities across the country.

“We did not attack, while Russia attacked our gas plants, energy infrastructure, and other facilities,” he told Fox News.

He added: "I think this was Putin's response to President Trump."

Global conflicts led to a rise in fuel prices ahead of the US midterm elections, and Trump announced on Friday a plan to import Russian diesel to the United States.

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Ukrenergo, the state operator of Ukraine's electricity grid, reported on Monday that there had been "new power outages" in the Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhya regions as a result of damage to power equipment resulting from the Russian attacks.

The company said that the electricity rationing system was implemented in parts of Ukraine to avoid overloading the affected equipment.

Zelensky said in a post on the X platform that these strikes represent evidence that Russia “is not ready to accept a ceasefire on the energy sector.”

Late Monday, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram that a drone had hit a 25-story residential building in the Darnitsky district.

He added that several cars caught fire in the building's courtyard as well, noting that one person was killed and 11 others were injured.

When Trump announced the ceasefire on Sunday, Zelensky said the news of a truce now in effect was “news to him,” but he supported the proposed ceasefire as “a big step toward ending the war, if the Americans actually step in now and make sure the Russians respect the energy ceasefire.”

Ukraine and Russia have been striking energy infrastructure for months, disrupting energy supplies on both sides.

Moscow said that the facilities it targets are legitimate targets because they support Ukrainian military operations, while Zelensky described the Ukrainian attacks carried out deep in Russian territory as part of an attempt to "limit Russia's ability to finance the war."

Analysis conducted by the BBC's fact-finding unit of Ukrainian and Russian strikes during the war showed that both sides have increased the pace of their attacks as next winter approaches.

In 2026, the BBC's fact-finding unit recorded 273 strikes targeting oil and gas facilities under Russian control. This is more than double the number of strikes recorded during the same period in 2025, which amounted to 124 strikes.

In an analysis of data collected by a global conflict monitoring observatory, the Acled Armed Conflict Locations and Events Data Collection Project, a number of Russian attacks were recorded that affected the Ukrainian energy network this year, 2.4 times more than the number of attacks recorded in the same period last year.

Trump continues to pressure Ukraine to stop strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, so that Russia can fulfill a recently concluded agreement to export diesel to the United States and global markets.

This agreement temporarily reverses US sanctions imposed on energy imports, which Zelensky described as a “gift” to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that Britain "strongly supports President Trump's call today to begin a sustainable ceasefire in the energy sector immediately," and France, Canada and the European Union also expressed their support.