Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy truce. Neither side stopped the strikes.

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Hours after President Trump claimed on Truth Social that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop striking each other's energy facilities, Ukrainian forces hit a Rosneft refinery in Samara region and Russian drones struck Kyiv, killing one person in Zaporizhzhia and injuring eight in the capital. President Zelensky said Russia was not stopping its strikes and that Ukraine's responses were 'tangible.'

The Financial Times called Trump's claim premature, reporting that Putin does not want an energy truce before winter because Moscow is counting on strikes to pressure Kyiv during the cold season. Two senior Ukrainian officials told the FT the announcement was meant to show U.S. voters the administration is tackling fuel prices, which have hit a record $6 a gallon ahead of the midterms.

A source familiar with recent U.S.-Russia talks in Moscow told Agentstvo no ceasefire decisions were actually made and called Trump's statement an 'improvisation.' The Kremlin said afterward it merely supports the idea in principle, conditioned on lifting sanctions and guaranteeing safe oil exports.

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Announcing a truce neither army has heard about is a bold way to run a foreign policy. The strikes kept landing while the press release was still warm, and now the Kremlin says it likes the idea in principle, which is what a man says when he wants the sanctions lifted and nothing else. You don't get peace by telling voters at the gas pump that you already have it.

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