Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he supports an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia announced by U.S. President Donald Trump Sunday.
โUkraine always FULLY supports steps toward de-escalation, the protection of lives, and the decisions needed to end the war and guarantee lasting peace,โ Zelenskyy wrote in a post on social media.
The Ukrainian president said he has discussed the ceasefire with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Finland President Alexander Stubb and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
He said he is awaiting more information from the U.S.
โUkraine supports the ceasefire,โ Zelenskyy said. โAnd it is important that Russia support it as well.โ
Trump announced the ceasefire on his platform Truth Social Sunday morning but did not give many details.
He said the ceasefire was effective immediately and both Ukraine and Russia had agreed.
โDo not break it!โ he wrote.
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The White House has not clarified the presidentโs post or added any detail.
In an interview with ABCโs โThis Weekโ that aired Sunday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready to stop striking Russian refineries if Moscow halted attacks on Ukraineโs energy system.
He then asked Trump to press the Kremlin to agree.
On Saturday, Trump said it was time for Ukraine to get a new president and blamed Zelenskyy for rising diesel prices.
In response, the Ukrainian president said the country could hold elections if Russia agreed to a 60-day ceasefire โ Ukraine has been under martial law since Russiaโs invasion in 2022 and the countryโs Constitution bars elections while it remains in force.
โGive us two months, 60 days off,โ Zelenskyy said, but added, โwith all respect to President Trump, itโs up to our society, up to our people to choose one or another leader.โ
Ukraine targets Russia data centre in drone strike
On Sunday, Kyiv pressed its campaign against infrastructure deep inside Russia with a drone attack shutting down a data centre run by Russian technology giant Yandex. This marks the third strike on the companyโs facilities in four days.
The attack caused outages across the companyโs services in dozens of Russian cities as well as in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, according to a Russian news outlet.
Yandex said operations have been โcompletely halted.โ No injuries were reported.
On Thursday, a drone attack took out a Yandex data centre in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow. A day later, Ukrainian drones hit the companyโs major data centre in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow.
Yandex, often described as Russiaโs Google, runs the countryโs most popular search engine and is heavily involved in Russiaโs artificial intelligence development.
Death toll in Zaporizhzhia rises
Zelenskyy said search and rescue operations have ended in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia after a Russian bombing on Saturday.
Twenty-three people were killed in the attack, including four children, authorities said. More than 30 people were wounded.
โย With files from The Associated Press
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