Overnight Russian drones hit a nine-storey block in Dnipro and emergency outages spread after strikes on energy sites, with Zaporizhzhia rescue closing at 20 dead. Washington dominated coverage as Trump praised Putin, accused Zelensky of unwillingness to deal and repeated calls for new leadership in Kyiv, echoed by Musk, while Kellogg backed continued refinery strikes and Congress prepared a bill on Russian oil.
Zelensky answered he would halt refinery strikes if Russia stopped hitting Ukrainian energy, and offered elections if Putin accepted a 60-day truce. Trump then announced both sides had agreed to an energy ceasefire.
Zelensky said the announcement was news to him but ordered forces to observe it, reporting a Russian strike on a Kharkiv thermal plant and jet-drone hits in Ivano-Frankivsk killing three servicemen. Axios later clarified the deal covered only refineries.