Trump insists energy ceasefire holds as Ukraine reports new Russian strikes

US president urges Zelenskyy, Putin to end ‘ridiculous war’ and insists the two nations have agreed to stop attacks on energy infrastructure.

Zelenskyy urges pressure on Russia as NATO warns against escalation

United States President Donald Trump has insisted that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to stop striking each other’s energy infrastructure, as he called on both sides to end the “ridiculous” war.

Trump’s comments on Monday came even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces had struck at least six Ukrainian energy facilities since the US president declared the truce on Sunday.

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“Well, they agreed,” Trump told reporters, referring to Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Because I said, ‘You agree’. That’s why they agreed, because I said they agree.”

When pressed about the Russian strikes, Trump said, “Well, I’d have to look at it and see, because there’s been violations on both sides.”

The US president called the war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a “disaster” and claimed, without offering evidence, that at least 32,000 people had been killed this month alone.

“All I know is that Zelenskyy and Putin have to get together and end that ridiculous war,” he said.

Trump had blindsided Kyiv and its European allies when he announced the purported energy ceasefire on Sunday. The announcement came two days after he temporarily eased US sanctions on Russian diesel , a move that drew outrage in Europe and Ukraine.

Zelenskyy said it reversed years of Western efforts to isolate Russia’s economy and would only embolden Putin.

Lawmakers from both major parties in the United States have also said the diesel decision appears to violate US law . Several Republicans have objected that it undercuts a law Trump himself signed to tighten restrictions on Moscow.

Zelenskyy said on Monday that Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire and had carried out no attacks on Russian refineries overnight. He said Kyiv was prepared to sign “guarantees to make sure they can be trusted”.

But he said it was “increasingly evident” that Moscow would not comply.

“Today alone, the Russians have attacked 6 energy facilities in Ukraine. 33 people were wounded across the country,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. “This is what happens when Russia sees the prospect of higher revenues for its war machine.”

Russia, however, has rejected any pause in fighting, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov promising to press ahead with the military campaign.

“I do not think he deserves a respite,” he said of Zelenskyy. “I don’t think we’ll be buying into assurances and promises again.” Russia, he added, would continue to pursue the goals of what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine.

Trump, meanwhile, has portrayed Ukraine, rather than Russia, as the main obstacle to peace. He has said that Putin is more eager on a deal than Zelenskyy, and has called on Ukrainians to vote their president out of office – an unusually harsh turn in a relationship that has been strained since Trump returned to the White House in 2025.

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher, reporting from Washington, DC, said Trump has previously announced agreements between Russia and Ukraine that never materialised.

“He says he wants to protect industries in the US like farmers and ranchers, and to do that he needs the price to go down. But it seems that he thinks there’s a deal, but no one else is sure that there actually is one,” Fisher said.

The latest announcement, according to our correspondent, appeared to be driven by Trump’s desire to bring down diesel prices before the US midterm elections on November 3.

Most polls predict that Republicans will lose control of Congress as voters grow frustrated with rising prices, particularly for petrol.

An opinion survey published on October 1 by the Associated Press news agency and the University of Chicago suggested that 65 percent of US adults blame the White House for the high cost of living, especially Trump’s tariff policies and his new war against Iran.

Ukraine’s European allies, meanwhile, voiced scepticism about the energy ceasefire and approved the largest set of European Union sanctions since Russia’s 2022 invasion.

The bloc’s foreign ministers added some 1,569 people and businesses to the bloc’s sanctions list to maintain the pressure on Moscow.

“Russia will only negotiate seriously under pressure, which is why we are sticking to our sanctions against Russia,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in Berlin.

美国总统敦促泽连斯基和普京结束“荒谬的战争”，并坚称两国已同意停止对能源基础设施的攻击。

泽连斯基敦促对俄罗斯施压，北约警告不要升级局势

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普坚称，俄罗斯和乌克兰已同意停止袭击对方的能源基础设施，并呼吁双方结束这场“荒谬的”战争。

就在特朗普周一发表上述言论之际，乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，自美国总统周日宣布停火以来，俄罗斯军队至少袭击了六个乌克兰能源设施。

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北约表示，如果联盟遭到攻击，将“不惜一切代价”应对，这是清单中的第三项（共三项）。

“嗯，他们同意了，”特朗普告诉记者，他指的是泽连斯基和俄罗斯总统普京。“因为我说，‘你们同意’。这就是他们同意的原因，因为我说他们同意。”

当被问及俄罗斯的袭击时，特朗普说：“嗯，我得看看情况，因为双方都有违规行为。”

美国总统称这场始于2022年2月俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰的战争是一场“灾难”，并声称（但没有提供证据）仅本月就有至少32000人丧生。

“我只知道泽连斯基和普京必须走到一起，结束这场荒谬的战争，”他说。

特朗普周日宣布所谓的能源停火，令基辅及其欧洲盟友措手不及。两天前，他刚刚暂时放松了美国对俄罗斯柴油的制裁，此举在欧洲和乌克兰引发了强烈抗议。

泽连斯基表示，此举逆转了西方多年来孤立俄罗斯经济的努力，只会让普京更加肆无忌惮。

美国两大党议员均表示，柴油车排放禁令似乎违反了美国法律。一些共和党议员反对该禁令，认为其削弱了特朗普本人签署的旨在加强对莫斯科限制的法律。

泽连斯基周一表示，乌克兰支持能源停火，并且夜间没有对俄罗斯炼油厂发动任何袭击。他还表示，基辅准备签署“保证书，以确保他们值得信赖”。

但他表示，越来越明显的是，莫斯科不会遵守规定。

泽连斯基在社交媒体上写道：“仅今天一天，俄罗斯就袭击了乌克兰的6处能源设施，造成全国33人受伤。这就是俄罗斯看到战争机器能获得更多收入时会发生的事情。”

然而，俄罗斯拒绝暂停战斗，外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫承诺将继续推进军事行动。

“我认为泽连斯基不配得到喘息之机，”他谈到泽连斯基时说。“我认为我们不会再相信任何保证和承诺。”他补充说，俄罗斯将继续推进其在乌克兰所谓的“特殊军事行动”。

与此同时，特朗普将乌克兰而非俄罗斯描绘成和平的主要障碍。他声称普京比泽连斯基更渴望达成协议，并呼吁乌克兰民众投票罢免他们的总统——自特朗普2025年重返白宫以来，美俄关系一直紧张，而特朗普此番言论无疑是一个异常强硬的转变。

半岛电视台驻华盛顿记者艾伦·费舍尔报道称，特朗普此前曾宣布俄罗斯和乌克兰之间达成协议，但这些协议从未实现。

费舍尔说：“他说他想保护美国的农民和牧场主等产业，为此他需要降低油价。但他似乎认为已经达成协议，但其他人并不确定是否真的有协议。”

据我们的记者报道，最新公告似乎是特朗普希望在11月3日美国中期选举前降低柴油价格的举措。

大多数民调预测，随着选民对物价上涨（尤其是汽油价格上涨）越来越不满，共和党将失去对国会的控制权。

美联社和芝加哥大学于 10 月 1 日发布的一项民意调查显示，65% 的美国成年人将生活成本高昂归咎于白宫，尤其是特朗普的关税政策和他对伊朗发动的新战争。

与此同时，乌克兰的欧洲盟友对能源停火表示怀疑，并批准了自俄罗斯 2022 年入侵以来欧盟最大规模的制裁。

为了继续向莫斯科施压，欧盟各国外长将约 1569 名个人和企业列入了欧盟制裁名单。

德国总理弗里德里希·默茨在柏林表示：“俄罗斯只有在压力下才会认真谈判，这就是为什么我们坚持对俄罗斯实施制裁的原因。”