Watch: What's behind Trump's energy ceasefire claim?
US President Donald Trump has remarked Ukraine and Russia have agreed to an immediate "energy ceasefire".
US President Donald Trump has remarked Ukraine and Russia have agreed to an immediate "energy ceasefire".
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- Moscow is yet to comment on the announcement and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky informed US media it was "news to me".
- The BBC's Joe Inwood examines Trump's announcement and what might mean for the president ahead of the midterm election.
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- Trump additionally lately confirmed a US agreement to import Russian diesel, in an attempt to bring the fuel cost down ahead of the midterm elections.
For context, the cost of diesel in the US has been high since the start of the war with Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, the BBC's Joe Inwood examines Trump's announcement and what might mean for the president ahead of the midterm election. You are now after Donald Trump.
Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. You are now after Volodymyr Zelensky.
In short, watch: What' s behind Trump' s energy ceasefire claim? Is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
