Zelensky meets Trump, says Ukraine ready for energy truce with Russia

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-22 · 22:34 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump at UN headquarters in New York. Zelensky stated that they discussed efforts to end the four-year war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets. Kyiv is reportedly ready for any format of an energy ceasefire with Moscow. However, the article specifies that there was no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting attacks on Russian oil refineries. Trump had previously expressed concern about damage to Russia's fuel-processing capacity, linking it to global diesel prices.

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Trump expressed concern over damage to Russia's fuel-processing capacity, which he said was stoking diesel prices globally.

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There had been no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting its attacks on Russian oil refineries.

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Kyiv is ready for any format of an energy ceasefire with Moscow.

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Zelensky said he and Trump discussed efforts to end the war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets.

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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he and US President Donald Trump had discussed efforts to end the four-year-old Russia" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="187098" data-entity-type="event">war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets.Speaking to the media after a 40-minute meeting with Trump at UN headquarters in New York, Zelensky said Kyiv was ready for any ‌format of an energy ceasefire with Moscow but there had been no discussion of Ukraine unilaterally halting its attacks on Russian oil refineries.Trump, whose approval ratings have slumped to a record low amid high fuel prices ahead of the US midterm elections in November, had expressed concern in recent days over the extensive damage done to Russia’s fuel-processing capacity, which he said was stoking diesel prices globally.

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