Trump: "Effective immediately, an energy ceasefire takes effect in the Russia-Ukraine war"

Donald Trump announced on October 11, 2026 an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, after Washington and Moscow signed an agreement for the supply of Russian diesel. Ukraine rejected the rapprochement and Zelensky warned that such ties will not bring peace.

US President **Donald Trump** announced on **October 11, 2026** the immediate entry into force of an energy truce in the war between Russia and Ukraine. He did so in a message on his social network, Truth Social, in which he claimed that both parties had reached an agreement and asked that it not be broken. The announcement was not preceded by a joint statement from Moscow and Kyiv, but by an energy operation between Washington and Moscow that had pushed relations with Ukraine to the brink.

## The diesel deal that preceded the announcement

Two days earlier, on **October 9, 2026**, Trump had announced that Russia would supply hundreds of thousands of tonnes of diesel fuel to the US and global markets. At the same time, he temporarily suspended sanctions on deliveries of that Russian fuel. Russian Deputy Prime Minister **Alexander Novak** confirmed that Moscow would immediately begin lifting the export ban on diesel.

Washington's decision to facilitate the entry of Russian diesel into the global market was not an isolated gesture. Trump had been insisting that Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries were contributing to driving up international diesel prices. On **September 27, 2026** he had already stated that he had asked Zelensky to reduce the intensity of those attacks.

## Kyiv rejects the rapprochement and the Miami meeting falls apart

The Ukrainian reaction was immediate. Ukrainian President **Volodymyr Zelensky** published a lengthy message on his Telegram channel stating that such ties with Russia will bring neither peace nor any benefit to the civilized world. Peace never comes through weakness, he wrote.

That same Friday, the Ukrainian delegation had met with US negotiators in **Miami**. The talks lasted eight hours. When the Ukrainian diplomats learned that Trump had announced the diesel pact with Russia, the meeting fell apart and they cut their alucinación short. A senior Ukrainian official described the situation as a trap and said everyone was stunned.

During the meeting, according to the Ukrainian account, the US delegates stepped up pressure for Ukraine to refrain from attacking Russian oil refineries. The White House envoys, **Steve Witkoff** and **Jared Kushner**, went so far as to threaten to stop providing Kyiv with vital intelligence data.

## Trump criticizes Zelensky and suggests a change of leadership

The day after the announcement, Trump lashed out at Zelensky for attacking Russian oil refineries at a time when, in his view, the world is facing an energy crisis. In that context, he suggested that Ukraine needs a new leader.

Zelensky, for his part, has stood his ground. Ukraine will be willing to stop attacking Russian refineries, he said, when Russia stops attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. To date, the Ukrainian leader has refused to give way on this point, as Trump has demanded.

Russia, for its part, maintains that it carries out systematic attacks on military targets and energy, transport and logistics facilities linked to Ukraine's military-industrial complex, in response to Kyiv's attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure.

The energy truce announced by Trump affects a sector that moves prices around the world. Diesel is a key fuel for freight transport, and its price directly influences distribution costs and, therefore, inflation. Any movement in its supply has consequences that go far beyond the countries involved in the conflict.