Russia and Ukraine trade strikes after Trump ceasefire claim

Russia and Ukraine launched fresh attacks on each other’s energy and industrial targets overnight, hours after President Donald Trump said the two countries had agreed to stop striking energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian officials said Russia fired about 200 drones at Ukraine, hitting energy and port facilities. In Kyiv, one person was killed and seven others were wounded in strikes on two gas stations, warehouses and other sites, local authorities said. Russian strikes also damaged homes, port facilities and transportation infrastructure in southern and western Ukraine.

Ukraine’s military said it struck the Syzran oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region. Ukrainian officials also reported strikes on a drone production facility in Taganrog and on a drone preparation and launch site in Russia’s Oryol region. Russian state media reported that about 40 drones were shot down over the Samara region, citing regional Gov. Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, and said an industrial facility and several residential buildings were damaged. Ukrainian media identified the site as an oil refinery.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces shot down 222 Ukrainian drones overnight. In Taganrog, regional Gov. Yury Slyusar said a “massive” Ukrainian drone attack sparked several fires and damaged two apartment buildings, three private homes, an educational institution, agricultural warehouses and a site belonging to Russian e-retailer Ozon. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Kyiv’s forces had targeted a drone production facility in the city.

The renewed strikes followed Trump’s Monday claim that Ukraine and Russia had decided to stop targeting each other’s energy sites. Trump did not provide details. The White House did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment on what had been agreed or on the apparent gap between Trump’s statement and the attacks that followed.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready to halt attacks on Russian territory if the United States could secure a commitment from Moscow not to hit Ukrainian infrastructure. He said any Ukrainian pause would depend on the U.S. ensuring that Russia is “genuinely ready to stop this war aimed at destroying life, and to do so for real and for the long term.” Only then, he said, would Ukraine take “de-escalatory steps.”

Zelenskyy accused Russia of targeting food, energy and other basic facilities “that sustain life.” Russia’s repeated attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure have strained systems needed for heating and electricity, raising concerns about civilians during winter.

The Kremlin welcomed the idea of stopping attacks on energy sites but described it as a proposal still under discussion with Washington. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called Trump’s proposal “a very good idea, a good initiative,” adding, “We are in contact with the Americans. We always support peaceful solutions.”

Trump said Sunday on Truth Social that rising diesel prices around the world were “mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine war” and “not Iran.” NBC News reported that Trump blamed the price increases on the war, including Kyiv’s attempts to repel Russia’s assault, rather than the American-Israeli bombing campaign on Iran.

Fighting also continued on the Ukrainian battlefield. Brig. Gen. Andrii Biletskyi, a senior Ukrainian commander, announced a new offensive in Donetsk near the strategic cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. He said his forces had cleared Russian infiltration groups from about 29 square miles and recaptured another four square miles. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said two people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

The war also raised security concerns beyond Ukraine. NATO fighter jets shot down an unmanned aircraft in Lithuanian airspace overnight, with the drone’s origin still under investigation. Separately, Denmark summoned Russia’s ambassador after Danish authorities said a Russian warship fired flares toward a Danish military helicopter in the Baltic Sea on Monday.