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Russia has suggested it does not understand the terms of Donald Trump’s supposed energy ceasefire in Ukraine, after continuing to bomb cities and energy plants.

"What is the outline of the energy ceasefire, and what does it mean? Has it been specified?" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

Trump has not publicly disclosed the specifics of what his ceasefire entails after announcing it over the weekend. A White House adviser told Axios that it only applied to oil refineries, not the energy grid more broadly.

It came as Russia ⁠struck a number ⁠of ​energy facilities ⁠in ⁠ Ukraine overnight, Kyiv mayor ‌ Vitali Klitschko said, with president Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Vladimir Putin of “disrespecting” Trump’s so-called energy ceasefire.

In the most critical yet issued by a European leader of Trump’s deal with Putin, the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni said that the agreement for Russia to supply 300,000 metric tons of diesel to the US would have an “uncertain” outcome.

"It provides Moscow with legitimacy as its bombs continue to fall on Ukrainian cities, generates new revenue ‌to finance the war, and implicitly weakens ‌the effectiveness of sanctions," she told the Italian parliament ahead of an EU summit.

Zelensky accuses Putin of showing Trump 'disrespect' with latest strikes

A massive Russian air attack on energy infrastructure in Ukraine overnight shows that Moscow is flouting US president Donald Trump's announcement of an energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.

“A targeted ‌Russian ballistic missile strike specifically against energy ‌infrastructure – the very ‌infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the ⁠American president,” Zelensky said on X.

“The strike was entirely deliberate and demonstrative in its scale,” he added.

“Russia has never before shown such ostentatious disrespect towards the US. Russia does not consider the American president’s statements strong.”

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Russian strikes kill one in Kyiv

Russian air strikes killed one person and injured one more ⁠in Kyiv while also hitting energy facilities in the Ukrainian capital, mayor ⁠Vitali Klitschko ​said this morning.

The ballistic missile attack was ongoing ⁠during the morning hours.

The fresh ​strikes ⁠follow earlier ‌Russian attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine as ‌temperatures start to ‌cool down ahead of winter.

In the Volga River town of Balakovo in Russia, ‌which invaded Ukraine in ​2022, drones killed ‌one person ⁠and damaged houses, ⁠a regional governor said on Telegram.

Russia attacks Ukraine's western Lutsk kills three

Russian attack on Ukraine's western city of Lutsk on Wednesday killed three and injured at least 12, the regional governor said.

Drone debris hit a warehouse, Roman Romaniuk said on Telegram. A residential building was damaged as well, he added.

Watch: Ukraine reports Russian attacks with no warnings, Trump says US still sharing intel

Poland blasts Musk for restricting Ukraine’s Starlink access: ‘Big man, are you playing politics again?

Poland has called out SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk for restricting access to Starlink satellite terminals across Ukraine.

Ukrainian soldiers have had their access to the internet restricted amid Donald Trump’s demands for a halt on long-range strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, according to reports.

The service provided by Elon Musk’s SpaceX provides broadband internet and has been used for government and military communications in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Poland blasts Musk for slowing Kyiv’s Starlink: ‘Big man, are you playing politics?’

Four killed in Ukraine's second city

Russian strikes killed ‌four people in Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, and dozens were wounded across the ⁠country, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.

Fabian Hoffmann, a missile expert at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, said Ukraine's European allies had "very limited" ability to replace US early-warning ⁠intelligence Russian missile strikes.

"Ukraine relies on the so-called Space-Based Infrared System which the US deploys – and the US system is really second to none and only the United States can provide that," he said.

Sybiha said ‌the US request to halt attacks on Russian refineries ​showed how Ukraine's position had strengthened, alluding to Trump's to Zelenskiy in a ‌tense Oval Office meeting last year that "you don't have the cards".

"In less than ​two years, we have gone from 'having no cards' to 'not playing your cards'. That is an achievement," Sybiha said.

Russia's history of targeting foreign journalists

Russia has arrested a number of foreign citizens in recent years on charges widely dismissed as baseless.

One of the most prominent cases of a foreign journalist arrested in Russia ‌was the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in ​2023.

He was found guilty of espionage by a Russian court, sentenced to 16 years and then freed in an East-West prisoner swap in August 2024.

Radio Free Europe editor Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual US-Russian citizen, was held for more than nine months before being convicted on charges of spreading “fake” news the Russian army.

She was also freed along with Gershkovich during the prisoner swap.

US-Russia diesel deal can pave way for further economic cooperation, says Kremlin envoy

The US-Russia diesel deal can pave the way for further economic cooperation between the two countries, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday.

He added that Moscow would overcome any sanctions-related difficulties to ensure the diesel supplies.

The example of diesel cooperation with the US "will open other opportunities as well," he told reporters.

Full report: Russia arrests Japanese journalist and accuses him of spying

Russian authorities have charged a Japanese journalist with espionage offences after arresting him for allegedly collecting information on the nation’s defence capabilities, in the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Tokyo .

Yuki Imai, a reporter for Hokkaido Shimbun , was detained in the far eastern region of Sakhalin, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

The Russian intelligence agency FSB published a video showing masked personnel storming into a hotel room and pinning Mr Imai to the floor before handcuffing him.

Read the full report by Shweta Sharma:

Russia arrests Japanese journalist and accuses him of spying

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