Trump Announces Russia Ukraine Energy Ceasefire Amid New Strikes

Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure continued Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the announcement but reported strikes on energy facilities in Kyiv and Kharkiv, including a power plant attacked after Trump's statement.

Trump announced the agreement in a brief social media post without explaining its terms. The Kremlin had not immediately commented on the announcement, leaving the agreement's implementation unclear.

Trump's post included a direct warning: "Do not break it!" the U.S. president said.

Zelenskyy acknowledged the announcement while describing continued Russian military activity. He said Ukraine had experienced drone attacks and strikes against critical infrastructure throughout the day.

"Unfortunately, Ukrainian skies have been infested with Russian 'shaheds' all day today," Zelenskyy said in an evening address.

The Ukrainian president also described attacks involving glide bombs and damage to the country's energy system.

"There have been glide bomb strikes and strikes on our energy infrastructure too. A power plant in Kharkiv was attacked this evening."

Zelenskyy's presidential office confirmed that the Kharkiv power plant attack occurred after Trump's ceasefire announcement. Ukraine said it was prepared to stop targeting Russian energy facilities if Moscow reciprocated.

"We are ready to refrain from striking Russian energy infrastructure — and we count on the same readiness from Russia."

Ukraine has repeatedly proposed measures to reduce hostilities, Zelenskyy said. He criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for rejecting previous proposals and expressed hope that Moscow would respond differently to the latest initiative.

"He had one answer to all of them — 'nyet.' We do hope that he will finally say something different to America, Ukraine, and the entire world," Zelenskyy said.

In an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC's This Week, Zelenskyy had also urged Trump to pressure Moscow to stop attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. He said Kyiv would halt strikes on Russian refineries if Russia stopped its attacks on Ukraine's energy system.

"We are asking President Trump, (to) give them (a) signal, not (to) attack energy infrastructure of Ukraine," Zelenskyy told ABC.

Trump had made a similar claim on Sept. 14, saying the countries had agreed "not to hit" each other's energy infrastructure. Zelenskyy subsequently indicated that Ukraine would comply if Russia did the same, but the earlier proposal produced no reported agreement in practice.

Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities have threatened electricity, heating and water supplies during the war. Ukrainian officials have described Moscow's strategy as "weaponizing winter," referring to the effects of infrastructure damage on civilians during colder months.

The ceasefire announcement came amid renewed tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy. On Saturday, Trump said Ukraine should elect a new president, arguing that Zelenskyy had not done enough to end the war and blaming him for high diesel prices in the United States.

Zelenskyy responded that Ukraine could organize elections if Russia agreed to suspend hostilities for 60 days. He said the decision about the country's leadership belonged to Ukrainian voters.

"Give us two months, 60 days off. Total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organize elections," Zelenskyy said.

He added that Ukraine would accept the outcome chosen by its citizens, while emphasizing that holding a vote during wartime would require appropriate conditions.

"With all respect to President Trump, it's up to our society, up to our people to choose one or another leader," Zelenskyy said.

Ukraine has remained under martial law since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The Ukrainian Constitution prohibits elections while martial law remains in force, and security risks, displacement and Russian occupation of roughly one-fifth of the country create additional obstacles to nationwide voting.

Zelenskyy's presidential term formally expired in May 2024, but the Constitution permits him to remain in office until a successor is sworn in.

Separately, a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday disrupted a data center operated by technology company Yandex in Vladimir, east of Moscow. The strike caused outages affecting services in dozens of Russian cities and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, according to Russian independent news outlet Astra.

The disruption affected taxi ordering and banking services. Yandex Cloud's Telegram channel confirmed that operations at the facility had stopped and reported no injuries.

"Operations at the data center have been completely halted. There were no injuries," the Yandex Cloud channel said.

Pavel Belyavskiy, a Yandex Taxi driver in Moscow, described difficulties contacting passengers and completing rides during the outage.

"I'd press the 'call' button to contact them, but nothing happens," Belyavskiy said.

He said the service disruptions forced him to cancel rides after waiting without being able to reach passengers.

"There's nothing I can do, so I'm just forced to cancel," Belyavskiy said.

Igor Mann, another Moscow resident, said he could not access an order on Yandex Market, the company's shopping platform, even after attempting to connect through a virtual private network.

"Nothing worked," Mann said.

Eduard Malyavko, also from Moscow, said the outages extended beyond routine inconvenience and affected essential services.

"It had a 'direct impact' and wasn't just about 'convenience.' It affected 'healthcare, and everything else,'" Malyavko said.

The Vladimir incident marked the third reported strike on Yandex facilities in four days. A separate drone attack had taken a Yandex data center offline in the Ryazan region on Thursday, according to the source report.