WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said in a brief statement Sunday (Oct 11) that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt strikes on each other's energy infrastructure."Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!" he wr

Trump has been facing strong criticism for a deal he struck with Russia on Moscow’s diesel exports. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump made the remarks on Saturday, a day after announcing a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the supply of diesel to US and global markets in a bid to ease rising fuel costs ahead of the November midterm elections.

President Trump is pressing Ukraine to vote out President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he slammed America's diesel import deal with Russia.

BERLIN, Oct 10 - Germany said on Saturday it would maintain sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine following US President Donald Trump's announcement that his administration had temporarily lifted US sanctions on Russian fuel. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Oct 11 - Republican US Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said President Donald Trump's diesel supply deal with Russia may be illegal and will put American lives at risk, adding to bipartisan criticism of the arrangement announced by the president on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Twenty people, including three children, die as Russian glide bombs hit Zaporizhzhia flats, the third mass-casualty strike on Ukraine this week.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” in the 4 1/2-year-old war, but he offered no details on it and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy ...

US President Donald Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a stalemate in negotiations with Moscow, as Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least 20 people, damaging apartment buildings and energy sites.

US President Donald Trump said he reached an agreement with President Vladimir Putin to temporarily ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports, a move Ukraine immediately criticized as a "gift" to the Kremlin.