Trump says Russia and Ukraine agree to an 'energy ceasefire'

NEW: Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an 'energy ceasefire', though he offered no details and Kyiv reported fresh Russian strikes on its energy sites after the announcement.

Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an energy ceasefire. His word, announced with no details, no document, and no timeline.

And within hours, Kyiv was reporting fresh Russian strikes on its energy sites. So on day one, the ceasefire that's supposed to protect power plants coincided with attacks on power plants. Neither Moscow nor Kyiv has publicly confirmed what they actually signed up to, if anything.

Why energy matters is simple. Russia has spent the war hammering Ukraine's grid before every winter, trying to freeze the country into submission. A real pause on those strikes would be a genuine shift. A claimed pause that exists only in a press statement is something else entirely.

For now, the gap between the announcement in Washington and the explosions in Ukraine is the whole story. Watch what gets hit tonight, not what gets said.

This is Angel Manalo, reporting for HIT.