Ukraine has not attacked Russian oil refineries or energy infrastructure since October 11, when U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this, accusing Moscow of ignoring the arrangement.

“Ukraine has not carried out strikes on Russian oil refineries or the energy sector in general during the two days since the American president announced an energy ceasefire. But Russia did not heed it,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media.

Trump said the United States could influence both sides. Asked why he had announced the ceasefire without consulting Moscow or Kyiv beforehand, he replied: “They agreed because I said they agreed. And this issue has to be settled.”

The announcement of another ceasefire surprised Kyiv, but Zelenskyy said in an interview with Axios that Ukraine was ready to observe it. “If President Trump agreed this with Vladimir Putin, please tell us when the ceasefire starts. We are ready and will accept it,” he said.

Soon afterward, Russia attacked the Kharkiv thermal power plant known as TPP-5 on the evening of October 11. Zelenskyy described the strike as a violation of the energy-sector ceasefire agreement.

He said Russia had carried out more than 200 attacks over the previous week against Ukrainian electricity-generation and transmission facilities, along with 17 strikes on gas and oil industry sites. “They killed more than 150 of our people, and more than 700 were injured,” the Ukrainian president wrote, publishing footage of the damage.

Zelenskyy said that from the previous evening until the time of his statement, Russia had attacked Ukraine with more than 100 different weapons, including jet-powered drones, loitering munitions and ballistic missiles. A significant number were shot down, but not all of them.

A residential building was destroyed in Kharkiv. The rescue operation continued for almost the entire night as emergency teams searched for people under the rubble. Four people were killed, while 41 people were injured in the city during a single evening.

Zelenskyy also reported a particularly heavy ballistic missile strike on Kyiv. Five missiles hit civilian infrastructure, and he said Ukraine had received no advance warning from its partners. He stressed that intelligence about Russian ballistic missile launches could save lives.

Energy facilities and critical infrastructure in 19 Ukrainian regions came under attack during the two days of the ceasefire. Zelenskyy said Kyiv’s position remained unchanged: Ukraine was ready for reciprocal de-escalation steps, but effective pressure on Russia was needed to make de-escalation possible.

“Wars end when the aggressor realizes that it cannot prolong the war,” he said, calling for strong support from the United States, Europe and Ukraine’s partners. Zelenskyy argued that global pressure on Russia could bring peace closer, while direct or indirect support for Moscow and reduced assistance to Ukraine would not help.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia wanted lasting peace and was ready to do everything possible to achieve it. Zelenskyy, however, said a ceasefire covering only oil refineries would have little meaning for Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president said Kyiv was ready to observe an energy-sector ceasefire if Russia did the same. He said any agreement had to cover the entire energy infrastructure, rather than only oil refineries. Zelenskyy recalled that Ukraine had only one oil refinery and that it had already been heavily damaged by Russian strikes some time ago.

Meanwhile, continued Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy network have caused power cuts lasting for hours, while some areas have also lost access to water. Zelenskyy added that Vladimir Putin apparently does not read Truth Social, while Shahed drones follow different instructions.

Source: dnes.bg