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Exclusive: Trump's push for a Ukraine energy truce runs into a Putin problem

by Tim ZadorozhnyySeptember 29, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump privately doubts that Russian President Vladimir Putin will agree to an energy ceasefire with Ukraine before winter, people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent. The doubts come as Washington presses both Kyiv and Moscow to halt attacks on each other's energy infrastructure, one of the key issues in recent peace talks. Trump has publicly pushed Ukraine to stop striking Russian energy facilities, while Moscow has yet to signal that it is ready to accept

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Thursday, October 8

04:52 AM

US senators urge Trump administration to enforce new Russia sanctions law ahead of Oct. 18 deadline

The senators called for tougher action against Russia's oil revenues and sanctions-evasion networks, urging the administration to match European and U.K. designations of shadow-fleet vessels.

Military ships intercept the Smyrtos vessel in the English Channel.

02:49 AM

Moldova to build drone shelters near Ukrainian border amid escalating Russian attacks

In addition to the new structures, some Moldovan border guards currently stationed on the Ukrainian side of the border will be transferred to the Moldovan side.

01:56 AM

Lithuania to deploy troops along border with Russia's Kaliningrad after Latvia incident

The move is a preventative measure in response to signals that Russia may announce mobilization, Lithuanian Interior Minister Martians Katelynas said.

01:00 AM

Russia hits another Kyiv apartment building after day of deadly strikes, injuring 4

The strike caused a fire and partial structural damage at a 12-story building, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service. Four people were injured, including two children.

12:18 AM

56 Ukrainians still missing as Nepal ends flash flood search-and-rescue operation

"Unfortunately, despite weeks of efforts by diplomats, consuls, and rescuers, (the missing Ukrainians) have still not been found among either the dead or the injured," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Wednesday, October 7

11:30 PM

Explosive device in field kills 2 boys in Sumy Oblast

Two 14-year-old boys in the Konotop district were killed after the device detonated, Governor Oleh Hryhorov said. The prevalence of unexploded ordnance and landmines poses severe risk to Ukrainian civilians in front-line regions.

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Exclusive: Trump's push for a Ukraine energy truce runs into a Putin problem

Rubio presses Russia for answers over suspected plague death in Siberia

South Korea says it received 'insufficient' apology from Ukraine over North Korean POWs, mulls envoy recall

Trump says US will 'help' Russia deal with plague

Russia carried out sabotage against Danish defense firms, intelligence says

In Kyiv district battered by Russian strikes, a protest to save trees turns ugly

US not removing diplomats from Kyiv amid Russian threats, Rubio says

Trump's Ukraine-Russia peace gambit begins to unravel. Again

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