Thursday, July 16, 2026

Putin agrees to halt strikes on Ukraine energy targets for 30 days, Kremlin says after call with Trump

  • (BBC News) Vladimir Putin has agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine energy targets for 30 days, after a lengthy phone call with Donald Trump.
  • Volodymyr Zelensky says he supports the energy truce but says Russia isn’t “ready” to end the war, in his first response to the call.
  • The Russian president set out several conditions for a fuller ceasefire during the 90-minute call, including that any settlement should “eliminate the root causes of the crisis”, the Kremlin says.
  • Fresh Ukraine peace talks will begin in the Middle East immediately, the White House says.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c3e4xzd8qq8t

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