Russian Bomb Reportedly Cuts Power in Ukrainian City Just Hours After Putin Promised Trump He’d Stop Attacking Energy Facilities

A Russian bomb reportedly cut power in a Ukrainian city just after President Vladimir Putin agreed to stop attacks on energy facilities.

Putin and President Donald Trump on Tuesday had a phone conversation to talk about a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine. As they spoke, Trump proposed that both countries refrain from attacking “energy infrastructure facilities” for 30 days. According to the readout published by the Kremlin and translated from Russian, Putin was receptive to the idea and even acted on it right away.

“During the conversation, Donald Trump put forward a proposal for the parties to the conflict to mutually refrain from attacks on energy infrastructure facilities for 30 days,” the statement read. “Vladimir Putin responded positively to this initiative and immediately gave the Russian military the corresponding order.”

As noted by Wall Street Journal chief foreign affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov, however, the wording of the statement differs from the White House’s readout. According to the White House, Trump and Putin “agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire.” The slight difference in Russia’s wording, Trofimov argued, suggested that Russia could still attack “ports, bridges, and other Ukrainian infrastructure” without violating the agreement in their eyes.

Minutes later, Trofimov followed up that tweet with an update about the reported bombing.

“And not even an hour later, a Russian guided bomb takes out the power in the Ukrainian city of Slovyansk,” Trofimov said.

Fox News then added that Kyiv was under drone attack. It was unknown if Russia violated the “energy infrastructure” ceasefire or the “energy and infrastructure” one.

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