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Trump announced that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop attacking energy infrastructure. Ukraine's Zelenskyy later said he'd support an energy ceasefire only if the U.S. guarantees Russia won't cheat.
Trump announced that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop attacking energy infrastructure. Ukraine's President Zelenskyy later said he would support a ceasefire on energy attacks only if the U.S. guaranteed that Russia wouldn't cheat on the agreement. Zelenskyy's conditional support suggests skepticism about whether such a deal is actually in place or whether Russia would honor it.
Trump's announcement came without apparent coordination with Ukraine's government, then Zelenskyy had to walk it back with conditions. That sequence suggests Trump either negotiated without fully representing Ukraine's concerns or overstated what he'd secured. Zelenskyy's insistence on U.S. guarantees against cheating reflects the core problem: Russia has repeatedly violated agreements, so any deal needs enforcement. Without enforcement, an energy ceasefire is just an agreement Russia can break whenever convenient.
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