Zelensky unaware of energy truce announced by Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he was not aware of the initiative for an energy truce between Kyiv and Moscow, which was publicly announced by US leader Donald Trump.

Reaction to Washington's announcement

As reported by American journalist Barak Ravid, the head of the Ukrainian state directly expressed surprise regarding the public statements made by his American counterpart. Zelensky emphasised that this information reached him only after Trump made the relevant statement.

“Заява Трампа про припинення вогню стала для мене новиною. Якщо президент Трамп погодив це з Путіним, будь ласка, повідомте нам, коли почнеться припинення вогню. Ми готові і приймемо це” (Trump's statement on the ceasefire came as a surprise to me. If President Trump has agreed to this with Putin, please let us know when the ceasefire will begin. We are ready and will accept it), Barak Ravid quotes Zelensky as saying.