Trump announces Russia-Ukraine agreement to cease energy infrastructure strikes
US President Donald Trump announced an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to stop targeting energy infrastructure, despite ongoing military clashes and new EU sanctions.
US President Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to halt strikes against each other's energy infrastructure. The development coincides with the European Union extending its sanction regime against Moscow following a Russian attack on a train near the Ukrainian-Polish border. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated the railway strike intended to "intimidate and divide Europeans."
Despite the reported energy pact, military operations persist. Ukrainian authorities reported two fatalities and 14 injuries from Russian shelling in the Kherson region, while drone strikes in Russia's Sochi and Belgorod regions wounded seven people. In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dismissing the nation's prosecutor general.
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