Trump wanted a ceasefire so he announced one. Putin immediately ignored it.
Brutal Humiliation
Please note Trump brutally humiliated by Putin just hours after bombshell announcement
Donald Trump has been humilated by Vladimir Putin just hours after the US President made a groundbreaking announcement, with Russia launching a huge strike and leaving a power plant engulfed in flames. The President announced on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an immediate “energy ceasefire”, which would see both sides halt attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure. In a dramatic post on Truth Social, he declared: “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it! Thank you for your attention to this matter.” But within hours of the announcement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of continuing its attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure.
The Ukrainian leader had initially said the US President’s announcement was “news to me”, but later confirmed Ukraine was prepared to refrain from striking Russian energy infrastructure if Moscow did the same. Russia has yet to publicly confirm that it agreed to the ceasefire announced by Mr Trump.
Writing on social media, Mr Zelensky said: “Unfortunately, Ukrainian skies have been infested with Russian ‘shaheds’ all day today. There have been glide bomb strikes and strikes on our energy infrastructure too. A power plant in Kharkiv was attacked this evening.”
The power plant strike formed part of a deadly day of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s second-largest city. A separate strike also hit a grocery store in the Kharkiv area, killing three people and injuring 20 others, according to regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.
Two children were among those injured, while images from the aftermath showed badly damaged buildings and burned-out vehicles.
Kharkiv was also not the only city where energy infrastructure was targeted. Mr Zelensky said a Russian drone also struck a power plant in Kyiv, causing power outages in parts of the Ukrainian capital.
Trump Gives Putin a Hand
The New York Times reports Trump Gives Putin a Hand in Russia’s Economic War With Ukraine
President Trump is moving to buy Russian diesel while also pressuring Ukraine to halt attacks on refineries, a lifeblood of Moscow’s war machine.
President Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel fuel, and his intense pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries, could hand a powerful boost to Moscow in its economic war of attrition with Kyiv.
The diesel agreement, if it goes ahead, could send some $4 billion of American money into the Russian economy, energy experts said. A halt to refinery strikes, if Ukraine accedes to one, could be much more valuable to the Kremlin.
Ukraine is expected to get nothing in exchange as Mr. Trump enlists Russian help in his effort to bring down sky-high diesel prices, caused mostly by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, before the midterm election early next month.
Moscow remains free to continue attacking Ukrainian ports, steel factories, warehouses, power plants and data centers, a campaign that is gradually pushing Ukraine’s economy toward a breaking point. Such attacks destroy nearly $10 billion in business assets each year, Ukraine’s economy minister has said.
Russia Pounds Ukrainian Energy Despite Ceasefire
The Wall Street Journal reports Russia Pounds Ukrainian Energy Despite Trump’s Ceasefire Announcement
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian strikes had hit energy infrastructure across his country hours after President Trump declared an energy ceasefire between the warring sides.
The Russian attacks—including on gas infrastructure, a power plant and a substation—come as the U.S. heaps pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries, and after Trump moved to allow Russia to export diesel to the U.S. in a bid to drive down American prices at the pump.
“Last night, Russian oil refineries were not burning. But at midnight, a Russian jet-powered Shahed struck a gas-production facility in Ukraine,” Zelensky said in an address to the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday. “And there was also a Russian strike on an ordinary gas station, involving several drones.”
Ukraine has long maintained that it would be prepared to halt drone and missile strikes on Russian oil facilities if Moscow stops its bombing campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which has already caused widespread power cuts this fall.
Overnight, a Russian jet-powered drone attack damaged critical equipment at a gas infrastructure facility in the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian state oil-and-gas company Naftogaz said.
Another attack damaged a power substation in the northern region of Zhytomyr, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told journalists at a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg.
“No one should believe Putin’s words. Look at his actions instead,” Sybiha said, reiterating Ukraine’s readiness for a reciprocal energy ceasefire.
In an interview with ABC News on Sunday, Zelensky reiterated that it is up to the Ukrainian citizens to choose how and when to vote, adding that he had conveyed to the American side what would be required for an election.
“Please tell Putin, give us two months, 60 days off. Total ceasefire, 60 days, and we will organize elections,” Zelensky said, adding that security was a priority to hold any vote.
No One Should Believe Trump’s Words
It was not Putin who agreed to a ceasefire. Trump announced one with no hint of agreement.
Q: Is there any point to repeatedly looking looking like a fool?
A: No, it’s counterproductive.
What Trump Does Best
Looking like a fool is what Trump does best. He cannot control himself. And it does not matter the subject.
If Trump wants something he announces it. Legalities and constitutionality do not matter.
Reciprocal tariffs, birthright citizenship, the SAVE Act and mail-in voting executive orders, flouting the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), tariff rebates, $5,000 vote-for-me bribes, are examples.
Trump views himself as a king. He wants dictatorial powers so he assumes them, no more no less.
Lasting Republican Damage
Republicans will be damaged for decades from Trump’s actions.
His Inane loyalty picks in prior elections cost Republicans 2 senate seats in Georgia, 1 in Arizona, and 1 in Pennsylvania.
Loyalty pick John Paxton appears headed to the gutter where he belongs this election.
In the 2026 midterms, stupid tariffs and an absurd war are going to cost Republicans between 3 and 7 Senate seats off the top, and perhaps another could-have-been in Michigan.
That’s a grand total of 7 to 12 Senate seats.
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Actions talk. Bullshit walks. But sure, let’s all keep pretending the POTUS knows what he’s talking about.
donald epstein is a great amerikan. democracy works. he is a true representation of many folks in our empire. see ancient greeks and romans for explanations
The diesel proxy, B4NI.DE, hit an all-time high today, (but will have a 4-5% decline tomorrow consistent with tomorrow’s SPX loss north of 4.5%.)
The Korean Kospi global equity canary sang last night with a 3.5% day-trading loss and a 30% decline from its June 2026 peak.
Will the president claim success on Wed for his Russian-collusion diesel lowering cost gambit?
Nope, Trump humiliated himself since there was no ceasefire, it was all in his head. Putin actually extended Trump a courtesy (as usual) by not exposing his lie while Zelensky promptly stated that he didn’t know anything about that ceasefire and mocked Trump by saying that he was interested in it and was waiting to hear the details…
What?!? This is Putin (again) helping out Trump!
There actually is some well founded internal criticism about Putin agreeing to this “deal” since there was an export ban in place (which Putin lifted immediately after agreeing to sell diesel to the US and other international customers) and that export ban was there was a reason, a reason which is still there: Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries (which BTW actually are Anglo-American attacks).
What lifting the export ban will do is raising the diesel price on the internal market and with it raising the inflation rate and it will most probably also make shortages come back (Russia refines much more diesel than it needs and even with some refineries offline thanks to the export ban it managed to build a nice reserve, which is what the cuck in the Kremlin is now selling, with a nice profit it must be said, to the Americans and the others).
Contrary to the usual Western MSM propaganda bullshit which most people here blindly believe, the shortages of diesel in Russia were very small and above all very short lived and prices were at a level that the West can only dream of (even considering the average Russian’s purchase power).
Easy access to raw materials, refineries, pipelines and transport for diesel are right here, now, in Canada. Trump ignored this to disrupt geopolitics, to stick to his wrong, harmful policies toward Canada, the Middle East, and (arguably) Ukraine. and Russia The new face of war and diplomacy and trade flows is making an idiot out of him on all fronts.
And at least one big Canadian firm is investing big now to export energy elsewhere, The errors of Trump’s USA policies are piling up and compounding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMdyP55c7BQ
While the adults discuss world affairs at the dinner table, Trump is playing tiddlywinks over at the kids table
Anyone who doesn’t understand this is sitting at the table with Trump
musk is a freak. he mails out his sperm. he must be up to 100 offspring by now. boys from brazil
“US threatens to suspend intel sharing, weapons purchases if Ukraine continues Russia energy strikes, sources say”
“The Trump administration previously suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine in March 2025 following a contentious meeting in the Oval Office between Zelensky and Trump.”
https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/11/politics/ukraine-us-weapons-intelligence
No carrots, only sticks from King Chaos the Shit Talker.
That Nobel prize just keeps slipping out of his sticky little grasp.
Since Trump returned to the White House, he has announced dozens of “deals” that have amounted to nothing. It’s almost a daily occurrence.
The funny (and embarrassing) part is when the other party in the deal says “what deal?” or “we haven’t even talked to Trump”.
And how many times has a deal actually been made and Trump reneges on it the within hours or days?
This new ceasefire is just another example of stuff Trump makes up.
This was all an ephemeral election publicity stunt anyway.
Trump is incapable of being humiliated. He has zero sense of shame or remorse. He only acknowledges responsibility in any form when claiming positive credit for himself for everything, or laying blame on others.
One could as easily say Trump was humiliated by Zelenskii, who also disclaimed any ceasefire.
@Walt – since you claimed i never lived in Ukraine- I’d fish up my Ukrainian pension card if I could.
Great story bro.
Translation: you are completely full of shit and have no response other than thought terminating cliche.
Subtle difference, Zelensky said he would abide by it.
Putin sent missiles.
I wonder if Russians will look back at this part of their great history with shame in 50 years time. It is a long way from the great nation that defeated Napolean and Hitler. So sad.
Wrong. NATO continued attacking.
Apparently you cannot read.
Z said he would honor it if Putin did.
zelensky is a puppet of usa. nothing more.
make that the CIA
Zelensky is always asking for a ceasefire. Russia always refuses.
Of course . Ukraine uses pauses to regroup and rearm and press gang new conscripts
Of course he would, this ceasefire (like all of the other proposed ceasefires that Russia rejected) would greatly benefit Ukraine and NATO (which means the US too!) because the Western MSM propaganda bullshit that you usually buy, especially on foreign matters, is the inversion of reality: Russia DOES NOT NEED CEASEFIRES BECAUSE IT IS WINNING (despite the cuck in the Kremlin), NATO DOES.
Yet, while Putin actually extended Trump a courtesy (as usual) by not exposing the truth that the ceasefire was only a figment of Trump’s imagination, the cokehead in Kiev couldn’t resist the urge of promptly stating that he didn’t know anything about that ceasefire and mocked Trump by saying that since he was interested in it he was eagerly waiting to hear the details…
In summary: it was not Putin that humiliated Trump, which is what you are trying to argue, it was Zelensky.
The CLOWN show continues! Unfortunately, we the citizens and the rest of the world will continue to pay the price for this idiot.
You underestimate the Orangutan’s super intelligence! He plays 666D chess while the rest of the world struggles with bingo.
/s
Putin has always played taco like a fiddle. Yet, putin is taco’s main idol, who is trying to emulate but doing a few good job as he is much less intelligent.
This was played on Russian state TV as a masterful diplomatic triumph for Putin, and a pivotal moment for Zelensky. But they are often drenched in delusion, and increasingly grasping at straws.
They did comment on Musk’s bizarre level of influence and control, via Starlink access, over the war fortunes of nations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvN2UGn9qOY