Russian strikes hit multiple Ukrainian power plants after Donald Trump claimed both sides had agreed to stop hitting each other\u2019s energy infrastructure, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian president said on social media a drone had hit a power plant in Kyiv on Sunday, leading to power outages in the capital. Shortly after, he said there had been a strike on the CHP-5 power plant in the eastern city of Kharkiv, adding:\u201cUkrainian skies have been infested with Russian \u2018shaheds\u2019 [drones] all day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump said earlier that \u201ceffective immediately, there is an energy ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine\u201d. \u201cBoth parties have agreed. Do not break it!\u201d the US president wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday morning in Washington, without further details. Zelenskyy expressed surprise at the announcement, saying the deal was \u201cnews to me\u201d<\/a> and he was seeking further details. Russia has yet to confirm it agreed.<\/p>\n The ceasefire appeared to garner support on Sunday from Ukraine\u2019s key western allies, including the UK, France, Canada and the European Commission. British prime minister Andy Burnham said a sustained energy ceasefire was \u201cthe best route to get energy and fuel back into world markets\u201d. French president Emmanuel Macron said Paris supported a \u201creal energy ceasefire\u201d between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n Ukrainian officials said Russian \u2060attacks killed six people \u2060in two Ukrainian \u2060cities \u200bon Sunday, including a strike \u2060on a grocery store in Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, \u200bwhere \u200cthree people died \u200cand 20 were \u200cinjured. Two children were \u200camong the injured, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said. In a separate \u200battack \u200bin western \u200bUkraine, officials \u200bsaid \u200ca Russian strike \u200bkilled \u200bthree people.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s energy truce claim came two days after he announced a controversial agreement to buy Russian diesel fuel while temporarily easing US sanctions, prompting outrage from Ukraine<\/a> and its European allies, who said it would embolden Moscow. Canadian prime minister Mark Carney added to the chorus of disapproval after a Sunday call with Zelenskyy, saying the diesel deal \u201cis in direct opposition to the efforts of Ukraine, Canada and our allies to create peace and stability in Europe\u201d. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen also backed Zelenskyy \u201cas he leads the fight for his people\u2019s freedom\u201d, while Germany foreign minister Johann Wadephul said Berlin continued to \u201cfully support\u201d him.<\/p>\n Trump lashed out at Zelenskyy when asked about criticism of the Russia diesel deal, saying it was \u201ctime for Ukraine to get a new president\u201d<\/a> who would finally settle the war. Zelenskyy pushed back, telling US ABC News on Sunday: \u201cFirst of all, with all respect to President Trump, it\u2019s up to our society, up to our people to choose one or another leader.\u201d<\/p>\n