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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Axios digital news outlet on Sunday that he was surprised by US counterpart Donald Trump's announcement of a Ukraine-Russia "energy ceasefire," but he would accept it whenever it begins. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
US President Trump said Sunday via social media platform Truth Social that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire. Neither Kyiv nor Moscow confirmed the agreement, but Zelensky later confirmed new Russian strikes to a Ukrainian powerplant. Additional reports suggest at least 5 have been killed and other civilians injured in strikes in the cities of Kharkiv and Ivano-Frankivsk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready on Sunday to suspend attacks on Russian oil refineries if Moscow stopped its own strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure. In an interview with the American channel ABC, he also replied to Donald Trump that it was Ukrainians who "choose a particular leader".
US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky traded barbs Saturday after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel and Moscow's continued strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people, including four children.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Kyiv was ready to halt strikes Russian oil refineries if Moscow stopped attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Zelensky also pushed back on US President Donald Trump's comments made Saturday evening calling for Ukraine to elect a new leader by saying, "It's up to our people".
US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Ukraine to replace Volodymyr Zelensky with a new leader, criticising him over strikes on Russian oil refineries that have contributed to high diesel prices ahead of the US midterm elections. Trump told reporters at the White House that he had told Zelensky to "do what you want" against Russia, but "don't hit refineries". "He better damn well stop," Trump said, adding that he believes "it's time for Ukraine to get a new president" who would agree to end the war. We discuss the latest developments with our guest, Pyotr Kurzin, host of The Global Gambit
Donald Trump attacked his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, saying that it was "time for Ukraine to have a new president" to end the war with Russia, and stressed that Vladimir Putin wanted, according to him, a "resolution" of the conflict.
Donald Trump called on Saturday for Ukraine to "get a new leader" after Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Washington's easing of Russian diesel sanctions, as the US president faces fuel price pressure weeks before midterm elections. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday told reporters that Ukraine should "get a new president", adding that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky had disobeyed his orders not to strike Russian refineries. This comes after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel and as Moscow's strikes on Ukraine, including the city of Zaporizhzhia, killed at least 21 people.
Ukraine's leader had said the deal with Russia to release diesel into the US would help Moscow fund the war.
Gulliver Gragg is live from Kiev.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart Donald Trump on Friday that Russia was willing to "supply oil to the US and global markets" in a context of fuel crisis. This project, confirmed by Mr Trump, has attracted serious criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who denounced a "unworthy" and "weak" decision by Washington, at a time when a Ukrainian delegation is in the United States to negotiate.
Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had negotiated the delivery of massive amounts of Russian diesel to the American and global markets, lifting sanctions against Moscow, to the great damn of Volodymyr Zelensky who denounced a "unworthy" decision.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday there would be a response to a Russian strike that hit two buses in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, killing 30 people and wounding 18 others. France 24's Andrew Hilliar says it comes a bid a growing number of Russian attacks on civilians in the country, with UN figures showing that more civilians had been killed in Ukraine as of August this year than in all of 2025.
A gliding bomb hit Kramatorsk on Thursday morning, touching two buses and a residential building and causing several deaths and injuries. Kiev was also hit in the aftermath of massive attacks against Ukraine, while Volodymyr Zelensky went to one of the affected cities to pay tribute to the victims. Ukraine, for its part, is intensifying its attacks on Russian territory.
Five children are among the victims of a strike that destroyed 30 flats in northern Ukraine as families slept.
The vessel's captain was killed and 11 crew members were rescued after the attack on the Turkish-owned ship, Ukraine's leader says.
Last week Zelensky revealed Ukraine had sent two captured North Koreans to South Korea - which Seoul says was meant to be a secret.
Such strikes aim to disrupt "people's ability to stay connected, study, work", says Ukraine's president.
President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelensky that he had made a "final decision" to grant Kyiv the licence to produce Patriot air defence missiles, the Ukrainian leader said Friday. The assurance came during the last meeting between the two leaders, Zelensky said, capping a period of uncertainty after a series of reversals on the issue.
