Six Ukrainian energy sites hit by Russia since Trump announced ceasefire, Zelensky says

What the report says

BBC World News reports that Ukraine says Russia struck six energy-related sites after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to an energy ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks hit gas stations, power infrastructure and other facilities, and that the timing showed Russia was not ready to respect the pause. The article says the strikes came hours after Trump said the truce would take effect immediately.

According to the report, the damage caused blackouts in Izyum and also affected energy and railway infrastructure in western Ukraine. Ukraine’s state grid operator, Ukrenergo, said there were new power cuts in parts of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia, while electricity rationing was introduced in some areas to reduce pressure on damaged equipment. Zelensky said 33 people were injured and later wrote that the strikes were evidence Russia was unwilling to accept the arrangement.

The BBC notes that the latest attacks come amid a long-running pattern of both sides targeting energy assets during the war. Moscow has argued those sites are legitimate military-support targets, while Kyiv says its own strikes inside Russia are meant to limit Moscow’s war funding. The article also says several European officials voiced support for a ceasefire in principle, though some expressed skepticism about whether Russia would comply.