After Trump's diesel deal with Putin and 'energy ceasefire' claim, Russia strikes Ukrainian power plants

Summary

Donald Trump announced on Friday 9 October a deal with Vladimir Putin to release Russian diesel, saying Russia would immediately supply '300,000 tons of diesel', according to Sky News, as US diesel prices have doubled since the war with Iran began in February, BBC News said. The UK pledged to maintain pressure on Russia with the 'toughest sanctions regime ever', according to the Manchester Evening News, Zelenskyy called the deal a 'gift to Putin', according to The Independent, and BBC News reported on Saturday 10 October that Trump said it was 'time for Ukraine to get new president'. On Sunday 11 October, Defence Secretary Streeting said the UK must bring the US and Ukraine 'back together', according to the Evening Standard and The Independent, and Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an 'energy ceasefire', in a social media post that gave no details, according to The Guardian. Zelenskyy said it was 'news for me' but that Ukraine would agree if Russia did, and the Prime Minister said the UK backs the energy ceasefire, according to the Evening Standard and The Independent, while Sky News said Zelenskyy accused Russia of striking a Ukrainian power plant and energy facilities after Trump's claim. On Monday 12 October, The Guardian reported that Russia had attacked multiple power plants after the claim, which Moscow had yet to confirm, as six were killed in strikes, while Euronews said Zelenskyy reported fresh Russian strikes on Ukrainian power plants, causing outages.

Latest: The Guardian reported that Russia attacked multiple power plants after Trump's energy ceasefire claim, which Moscow had yet to confirm, as six were killed in strikes, and Zelenskyy reported fresh Russian strikes on Ukrainian power plants, causing outages, according to Euronews.

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