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  "id": 13752617,
  "title": "Ukraine backs ceasefire after Trump declares surprise deal is done",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/ukraine-backs-ceasefire-after-trump-declares-surprise-deal-is-done-13752617",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T16:36:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/ukraine-backs-ceasefire-after-trump-declares-surprise-deal-is-done-20261012-p614lp.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "United States President Donald Trump announced an immediate \"energy ceasefire\" between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday via a post on his Truth Social platform. According to Punch and The National Business, Trump stated that both parties had agreed to halt attacks targeting energy infrastructure. Trump's social media post included the instruction, \"Do not break it!\" but provided no details regarding the duration of the ceasefire, how it would be enforced, or which specific sites would be covered.\n\nWhile Trump claimed both sides had agreed to the halt, Punch noted there was no immediate confirmation from Kyiv or Moscow that an agreement had been reached or had taken effect. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Axios that the ceasefire announcement was news to him. However, The National Business reported that Zelenskyy added that if Russia agreed to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine would accept it.\n\nThe announcement followed a dispute between Trump and Zelenskyy concerning strikes on Russian oil refineries. The National Business reported that Trump criticized these strikes on Saturday, following Washington's temporary lifting of sanctions on Russian fuel. During that same period, Trump told reporters at the White House that he thought it was time for Ukraine to get a new president.",
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    "outlets": 9,
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      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Trump announces start of energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/trump-announces-start-of-energy-ceasefire-between-russia-and-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-10-11T15:21:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Zelenskyy says Trump's Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire deal was a surprise: Axios",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/zelenskyy-says-trumps-russia-ukraine-energy-ceasefire-deal-was-a",
        "published": "2026-10-11T15:52:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Trump Says Russia And Ukraine Have Reached ‘Energy Ceasefire’— Zelenskyy Reportedly Calls That ‘News For Me’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/trump-says-russia-and-ukraine-have-reached-energy-ceasefire-zelenskyy",
        "published": "2026-10-11T16:09:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Zelenskyy says ready to hold Ukraine elections if Russia offers 60-day ceasefire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/zelenskyy-says-ready-to-hold-ukraine-elections-if-russia-offers-60",
        "published": "2026-10-11T16:17:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Ukraine backs ceasefire after Trump declares surprise deal is done",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/ukraine-backs-ceasefire-after-trump-declares-surprise-deal-is-done",
        "published": "2026-10-11T16:36:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Hours after Trump declared an energy ceasefire, Russia hit Kharkiv power plant, one of 200-plus strikes on Ukraine’s grid this week, Zelenskyy says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/hours-after-trump-declared-an-energy-ceasefire-russia-hit-kharkiv",
        "published": "2026-10-11T17:21:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells ABC he will organise elections if Russia agrees to 60-day ceasefire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/ukraines-zelenskyy-tells-abc-he-will-organise-elections-if-russia",
        "published": "2026-10-11T17:36:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Zelenskyy says Trump and Musk blame him for prolonging war because they can't stop Putin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/zelenskyy-says-trump-and-musk-blame-him-for-prolonging-war-because",
        "published": "2026-10-11T18:25:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}