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Trump, Zelensky Talk Cease-Fire Conditions in Phone Call

Barely an hour after Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump that Moscow would immediately cease all strikes on Ukrainian “energy and infrastructure” for 30 days, Kyiv accused the Kremlin of carrying out new attacks on these exact locations.

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at energy strikes in the Russia-Ukraine war , renewed Israeli attacks across Gaza , and sweeping arrests in Turkey .

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at energy strikes in the Russia-Ukraine war, renewed Israeli attacks across Gaza, and sweeping arrests in Turkey.

Targeting Energy

“Putin’s words are very different from reality,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday, adding that Russian forces launched 150 drones overnight that hit energy infrastructure, transport, and two hospitals. In response, Moscow accused Kyiv of targeting an energy facility in Russia’s Krasnodar region as well as launching 57 drones over the Azov Sea and several Russian provinces.

“We’ve seen that attacks on civilian infrastructure have not eased at all in the first night after this supposedly groundbreaking, great phone call” between Putin and Trump, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. “Putin is playing a game here.”

Trump had an hourlong phone call with Zelensky on Wednesday to