# Trump announces Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire claim

Date: 2026

On 11 October 2026, [President Donald Trump](/people/mig-donald-trump) announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop strikes on energy infrastructure and said the arrangement was effective immediately. Ukrainian [President Volodymyr Zelenskyy](/people/volodymyr-zelenskyy) said Kyiv learned of the purported agreement through media reports and was prepared to observe a reciprocal halt if Russia did the same. The Kremlin did not publicly confirm that it had accepted the arrangement. The announcement therefore created a public U.S. commitment and a testable expectation, but not evidence of a mutually signed ceasefire.

## Sources

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/11/zelenskyy-trump-ukraine-russia-energy-ceasefire
- https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-contacts-trumps-russia-ukraine-energy-ceasefire-are-continuing-2026-10-13/

## Methodology

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