Russia hits Ukraine power plants despite Trump energy ceasefire claim

Russia struck power plants in Ukraine just hours after US President Donald Trump announced an “energy ceasefire” between the two countries, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.

Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that an energy ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine was in effect immediately, and said both sides had agreed. Ukraine said it had no information about any such deal, and Zelensky said Kyiv was caught off guard by the announcement. Russia had not commented at the time of the reports.

In the evening, Russia hit the CHP-5 thermal power plant in Kharkiv, which Ukrainian officials said was struck at least twice and caught fire. A power plant in Kyiv was also hit, and a drone attack led to power outages in the capital. Zelensky confirmed both attacks and said they took place after Trump’s announcement.

Zelensky said Russia carried out more than 200 strikes on Ukraine’s electricity generation and transmission facilities in the past week, plus 17 on gas and oil sites. He said the attacks killed more than 150 people and wounded more than 700.

Ukraine has said it supports an energy ceasefire, but only if Russia stops its own strikes too. Zelensky has said Ukraine will stop attacking Russian oil facilities only as part of such an agreement. French President Emmanuel Macron said Russia was still refusing to support a ceasefire and was intensifying its strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.

The announcement came after Trump criticised Zelensky over high diesel prices and suggested Ukraine should get a new leader.

Sources: ABC News, Kyiv Independent, Euronews, Euromaidan Press and RBC-Ukraine, October 11, 2026.