Zelensky condemns Trump’s Russia sanctions waiver after energy strikes
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized US President Donald Trump’s decision to waive sanctions targeting Russian energy revenues, saying the move rewarded President Vladimir Putin rather than pressuring Moscow to end its war.
Trump said he paused the sanctions to avoid driving Russia away from peace negotiations and claimed progress was being made. The waiver followed an agreement announced by Trump allowing Russian diesel exports despite Western restrictions. Zelensky disputed the argument that those exports would substantially lower prices and proposed an alternative arrangement: Ukraine would suspend strikes on Russian oil and diesel infrastructure if Russia stopped attacking Ukraine’s electricity system under enforceable guarantees.
Trump also announced an immediate “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine, but Zelensky said Kyiv learned of it through the media and had received no confirmation that Moscow had agreed. Zelensky said Ukraine refrained from striking Russian refineries overnight, while Russia continued attacks on Ukrainian power facilities.
Subsequent Russian missile and drone strikes hit energy and other critical infrastructure across Ukraine, causing deaths and widespread power outages. Zelensky accused Moscow of deliberately disregarding Trump’s announcement and said Russia was seeking to leave millions of Ukrainians without electricity and heating before winter.
Zelensky also said Ukraine had not received advance warning from Western partners before at least one ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Ukrainian officials separately reported disruptions affecting some satellite communications used by the country’s defense forces.
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