Russia hits no energy targets in Ukraine for first time since Trump's 'truce'
Russia has refrained from targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure for the first time since President Trump announced an energy ceasefire. Despite this, Russian forces continue to strike other logistics and transport targets, while the U.S. has pressured Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries.
Why it matters
This development marks a potential shift in the ongoing conflict's energy-related warfare, influenced by U.S. diplomatic intervention aimed at stabilizing global fuel prices.
Russia hit no Ukrainian energy targets on Tuesday (October 13, 2026) for the first time since U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend announcement of an “energy ceasefire”, while hammering cities’ transport and logistics overnight with ballistic missiles and drones.
Russia’s Defence Ministry, in its daily summary of overnight strikes, made no mention of Ukrainian energy facilities. A Kremlin spokesman, asked about the energy ceasefire, would only say that contacts were ongoing, but declined to provide any further details. However, one missile came down just over a kilometre from a plant providing heating to much of the city of Lviv, in the west.
Mr. Trump’s ceasefire announcement on Sunday (October 11) came two days after he declared a deal that lifted U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel exports to allow Russia to supply almost 2 million metric tons of diesel, a bid to lower U.S. fuel prices.
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