Trump’s Energy Ceasefire: Power Plant Gets an Uninvited Guest

President Donald Trump announced a partial cease‑fire on energy infrastructure in Ukraine via a brief social‑media post, declaring the deal "done" without any briefing or handshake.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded that the announcement was "news to me" and said Kyiv would support such a truce if it existed, noting he had not been consulted before the tweet.

Within hours of the announcement, Russian forces struck a Ukrainian power plant in the east and hit other targets, a move that Ukrainian officials said came after Trump’s claim of a cease‑fire.

Moscow has not commented on the strike or the cease‑fire claim, remaining silent on the matter.

The episode highlights the gap between a presidential tweet and on‑the‑ground realities, leaving the lights in eastern Ukraine flickering while the diplomatic lights stay off.