Trump again says Russia and Ukraine agreed to an energy ceasefire. For Zelensky, it came as ‘news.’

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Trump declared on Truth Social that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire, writing in capital letters not to break it. Zelensky told Axios the announcement was news to him, and a senior Ukrainian official told the Financial Times that repair crews were actively restoring power in Kyiv after Russian strikes even as the ceasefire was being announced.

This is the second time Trump has made this exact claim; he announced an energy ceasefire on September 14 as well, which the Financial Times later reported he had jumped the gun on, with sources close to the Kremlin saying Putin preferred to keep hitting Ukrainian energy infrastructure through winter to pressure concessions.

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When you announce a deal and the other party learns about it from a reporter, you haven't made a deal, you've made a wish in capital letters. Twice now. A man who keeps telling the neighbors his roof is fixed while the rain is still coming through the ceiling isn't fooling the folks holding the buckets, and the repair crews in Kyiv are holding plenty.

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