Russia struck six Ukrainian energy facilities hours after US President Donald Trump announced the two countries had agreed to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“It is increasingly evident that Russia is unwilling to accept an energy ceasefire proposed by the United States and intends to continue its terrorist air attacks against our people and communities,” Zelensky said on X (Reuters).
“We did not attack, while Russia attacked our gas stations, energy infrastructure, and other facilities. I think it was Putin’s answer to President Trump,” he told Fox News (BBC).
The Ukraine president said 33 people had been injured in the strikes on energy facilities across the country (BBC).
On Monday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Ukraine did not deserve the “respite” a ceasefire would bring (BBC).