“Putin does not read Truth Social,” Zelensky says after Russian strikes follow Trump’s energy-ceasefire announcement, warning Ukraine will retaliate if attacks continue

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia continued striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire on Sunday, October 11. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday, Zelensky said Kyiv had learned of the proposal through the media and had not seen Moscow endorse it. He cited a strike on a power plant in Kharkiv shortly after Trump’s post, as well as attacks on a gas-production facility and a civilian gas station. “It was clear that Putin does not read Truth Social,” he said.

Zelensky said Ukraine supports a mutual halt to attacks on energy facilities and is ready to stop strikes on Russian refineries if Moscow does the same. If Russia continues targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure this winter, he warned, Ukraine will respond.

He also questioned the U.S. agreement to bring Russian diesel to American and global markets, asking, “Why doesn’t America conclude a diesel deal with Ukraine?” Zelensky argued that Ukrainian strikes affect whether Russian refineries operate and fuel shipments can move.

On information warfare, Zelensky said Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers had been followed by less hate, division and provocation on social media as fewer bots were active. “It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from,” he said. He also called Ukraine and Poland “natural allies” and said Russia had “no chance” when the two countries stand together.

Zelensky warned that war-related disruption could bring an agricultural crisis within two or three months, with food shortages in African countries and parts of Asia and the Middle East. He separately described conditions in Krynky as “genocide,” accusing Russian forces of preventing children and adults from obtaining food.

Trump made a similar announcement on September 14 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to strike each other’s energy infrastructure, but the proposal did not halt attacks.