Trump Declares an 'Energy Ceasefire' Between Russia and Ukraine; Zelenskyy Says It Was News to Him

President Trump announced Sunday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an "energy ceasefire," an announcement that came hours after he said Ukraine should replace its president and blamed Volodymyr Zelenskyy for high diesel prices in the United States.

"Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it! Thank you for your attention to this matter," Trump wrote on Truth Social. It was unclear exactly what the ceasefire covers. Zelenskyy told Axios after the post that the ceasefire "was news for me," though he said Ukraine would agree to one if Russia did too. CBS News said it had asked the White House for clarity on the terms.

The announcement followed a weekend of public sparring. On Saturday, Trump said it was time for Ukraine to get a new leader. "I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does," he said. Zelenskyy answered on X that Ukraine would stop striking Russian oil refineries if Russia stops striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. "It is possible to stop strikes on energy infrastructure as early as today, but Putin does not want to do so," he wrote, adding that any de-escalation must be reciprocal and backed by real guarantees.

Speaking to ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday morning, Zelenskyy said Ukrainians "want peace." He said he had told Trump and his team several times that Ukraine is "ready for ceasefire" and ready "to begin from any kind of steps of de-escalation." Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha pushed back on Trump's comments late Saturday, writing that Zelenskyy was leading the country through a war for its independence. "He has the support of the Ukrainian people, and they have the right to decide. Statements from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well," Sybiha said.

The feud is tied to fuel prices. On Friday, Trump announced a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin under which the United States would buy more than 300,000 tons of Russian diesel right away, followed by 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons after that. The deal is meant to ease fuel costs ahead of the November midterm elections. Trump has urged Zelenskyy for weeks to stop Ukraine's strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, and has blamed record U.S. diesel prices on Ukraine rather than on the war in Iran, which has pushed up world energy prices. Zelenskyy has criticized the diesel deal, saying it will help pay for Russia's war. Ukrainian and European officials reacted to it with dismay.

Ukraine's campaign against targets deep inside Russia continued Sunday. A drone attack shut down a data center in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, run by the Russian technology company Yandex. It was the third strike on Yandex facilities in four days. Yandex Cloud said operations at the data center were "completely halted" and that no one was hurt. Russian independent outlet Astra reported outages that left users in dozens of Russian cities, and in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, unable to order taxis or reach banking services.

In Moscow, Yandex Taxi driver Pavel Belyavskiy said it was unclear whether orders were coming through at all. "I'd press the 'call' button to contact them, but nothing happens," he said. Another resident, Eduard Malyavko, said the outages hit work, healthcare and more. Russia and Ukraine remain locked in a long-range aerial war while their armies are largely deadlocked on the front line, more than four and a half years after Moscow's full-scale invasion.