Trump announces Russia-Ukraine energy truce as EU extends sanctions
US President Donald Trump announced a deal between Russia and Ukraine to stop targeting energy infrastructure, while the EU extended sanctions on Moscow following a train strike near Poland.
US President Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to halt attacks on each other's energy infrastructure. The diplomatic update coincided with the European Union extending sanctions against Moscow following a Russian strike on a train near the Ukrainian-Polish border.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned the railway attack, asserting it aimed to "intimidate and divide Europeans."
Despite the energy agreement, combat operations persist. Ukrainian officials reported two deaths and 14 injuries from shelling in the Kherson region, while drone strikes in Russia's Belgorod and Sochi regions wounded seven people. In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dismissing the country's prosecutor general.
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