Trump says Ukraine and Russia agreed not to hit energy targets

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to U.S. Embassy personnel and business leaders at Deerfield Residence on September 12, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Monday that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure."Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.He also said, "The World's Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran." Neither Ukraine nor Russia immediately confirmed Trump's claimThe announcement came a day after Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia.""Let him go after targets but not diesel fuel because he's causing a shortage of diesel," Trump had said during his visit to Ireland.Moscow welcomed Trump's comment.But Ukraine has insisted that energy sites are legitimate military targets as it continues resisting Russian forces that invaded the country more than four years ago.Zelenskyy on Thursday said that Ukraine had struck two Russian oil refineries. He also said that Moscow uses its oil revenues "to finance t...