Ukrainian Officials Say They Were Never Informed Of Trump’s ‘Energy Ceasefire’

President Donald Trump’s “energy ceasefire” was never agreed to by either side of the war in Ukraine, as Russia continues to pound Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

The truth appears that there was never an official ceasefire as Ukrainian representatives confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation that they were not informed of a ceasefire before Trump decided to blast the announcement on Truth Social on Sunday. Although discussions were “ongoing,” according to Russian officials, no deal was ever actually reached.

“Ukraine was not informed beforehand about [the] energy ceasefire announced by President Trump, however our negotiation team came to Miami to discuss it as a possible step forward,” Halyna Yusypiuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington told the DCNF.

The White House and the Russian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

At least 15 different targets were hit across Ukraine, the Associated Press reported on Monday. These strikes included a jet-powered Geran drone strike on a power plant in Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a speech at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday, according to Zelenskyy’s official presidential website.

The energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine is significantly different, as Russia is more reliant on oil and natural gas while Ukraine is more reliant on electricity, Zelenskyy explained during a Monday interview on Fox News.

Kyiv did agree to the possibility of a ceasefire, Zelenskyy said during the Fox News interview, even though they were not informed of the negotiations until after Trump made the announcement on Truth Social.

“Kyiv is not currently proposing a long-term settlement, but rather a ceasefire in an area that is its Achilles’ heel — the energy sector,” Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Oct. 8, the Kyiv Independent reported.

While an official deal was never reached, Peskov did say that contacts between Eastern and Western negotiators were ongoing, and that the Russian Federation would provide updates as soon as they become available, Interfax, the Soviet Union’s first non-state news agency, reported on Monday.