Volodymyr Zelensky calls Trump's claim of a power‑facility pause a "sudden but very important post"

During a Monday appearance at Poland’s Warsaw Security Forum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had learned from media accounts about President Donald Trump’s claim that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop attacking each other’s power facilities. Zelensky said Ukraine would abide by such a pause if Moscow did too, but he had seen no Russian confirmation. He said Ukraine was shocked that after Trump’s social media statement, Russian strikes hit energy sites, including a Kharkiv power plant and gas infrastructure. Trump’s post said the arrangement began right away. The episode matters because attacks on energy systems threaten civilians with loss of heat and water as winter nears, and a prior similar U.S. announcement did not hold. EU diplomat Kaja Kallas welcomed the idea but doubted Russia would comply.