Russia and Ukraine agree to pause energy infrastructure strikes, Trump says

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Posted Oct 9, 2026, 07:00 AM UTC · In the digest of 2026-10-09-0700

Russia and Ukraine agree to pause energy infrastructure strikes, Trump says — Photo: CDM (Cafe del Montenegro)

Trump announced an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to stop attacking energy infrastructure, as fighting continues and the EU extends sanctions against Moscow.

US President Donald Trump announced that Moscow and Kyiv have agreed to refrain from targeting each other's energy infrastructure, even as hostilities continue on multiple fronts. Local authorities reported two fatalities and 14 injuries following Russian shelling in Ukraine's Kherson region, while Ukrainian drone strikes in Sochi and Belgorod wounded seven people in Russia.

Simultaneously, the European Union extended its sanction regime against Moscow. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot denounced a Russian strike on a train near the Polish-Ukrainian border, framing it as an attempt to intimidate European nations. Domestically, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a executive decree dismissing the country's prosecutor general.

Sources: CDM

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CDM (Cafe del Montenegro) — Tramp: Ukrajina i Rusija pristale da ne napadaju energetske ciljeve; Zelenski ukazom smijenio državnog tužioca

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