ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - US President Donald Trump on Sunday said Russia and Ukraine had both agreed to an immediate “energy ceasefire,” an announcement that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky said “was news” to him.

“Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump said on Truth Social, adding, “Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!”

Zelensky said Friday that Trump’s announcement of an energy ceasefire “was news for me. If Russians agree to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine will agree,” according to Axios.

Trump announced Friday that he had spoken by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and agreed to allow Moscow to release large amounts of diesel onto global markets. The move comes as the US president faces dim prospects for his party in next month’s midterm elections, partly over soaring fuel prices.

Ukraine and its European allies expressed dismay at the move, with Zelensky describing it as a "weak decision” when speaking to reporters Friday.

The announcement comes amid escalating tensions between Washington and Kyiv over Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure and the Trump administration’s efforts to ease fuel prices.

On Saturday, Trump lashed out at Zelensky over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, arguing that they had contributed to soaring diesel prices. He also called for Zelensky to be replaced by a leader willing to settle the war.

Kyiv has continued its campaign against infrastructure deep inside Russia. A Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday shut down a data center operated by Russian technology giant Yandex, marking the third strike on the company’s facilities in four days.

Moscow has also intensified its bombardment of Ukraine in recent months, driving up civilian casualties, while US-led efforts to broker an end to the more than four-and-a-half-year conflict remain deadlocked.

Early Saturday, a Russian glide-bomb attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed 20 people, including three children, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service.

Zelensky also addressed the prospect of elections in Ukraine during an interview with ABC News on Sunday, saying the country could hold a national vote if Russia agreed to a 60-day, full ceasefire. His remarks pushed back against Trump’s calls for a leadership change in Kyiv.

He said he had told Trump’s team that if they wanted Ukraine to hold elections, "please tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organize elections.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on X following Trump’s Sunday announcement that she had a “good call” with Zelensky, adding that she “fully supported” the Ukrainian president’s call “for a ceasefire that would protect global food supplies and energy infrastructure in ukraine and Russia.”