Trump claims Russia and Ukraine agree to pause energy strikes as combat continues
US President Donald Trump announced an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to halt energy strikes, even as fighting and EU sanction extensions continue.
US President Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to halt attacks on each other's energy infrastructure, despite ongoing combat across multiple fronts. Local officials reported that Russian shelling in Ukraine's Kherson region killed two people and injured 14 others, while Ukrainian drone strikes wounded seven individuals in Sochi and the Belgorod region.
Concurrently, the European Union extended its sanctions against Russia. European Union Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned a Russian strike on a train near the Polish-Ukrainian border, framing the action as an attempt to divide European allies. In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued an executive decree dismissing the nation's prosecutor general as part of broader government reshuffles.
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