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Henri Vanhanen criticized Donald Trump's actions in the Ukraine war, noting that he declared agreements about which there was uncertainty, while pressuring Ukraine in a way that benefited Vladimir Putin. As a recent example, Vanhanen pointed to Trump’s announced energy ceasefire. According to him, Volodymyr Zelensky heard about it practically for the first time from the media, Russia had not confirmed the agreement, and continued, according to Zelensky, attacks on Ukraine's power plants. Vanhanen asked what kind of ceasefire it was if the other party did not know what had been agreed upon. He suggested that Zelensky had to be cautious of Trump’s criticism to avoid being blamed for obstructing peace. Vanhanen referred to the Financial Times reporting that the United States threatened to cut off arms and intelligence supplies to Ukraine unless the country stopped attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. He also wrote that Trump agreed to buy Russian diesel, demanded Ukraine to cease attacks on Russian oil refineries, and encouraged a change of leadership in Ukraine. Vanhanen estimated that the war in Iran and the resulting fuel prices, the upcoming midterm elections, and the need to show results might explain Trump’s urgency to secure an agreement. According to him, Trump aimed for cheaper diesel and a visible peace political achievement, while Putin would benefit from a decrease in attacks on Russia’s energy sector. Vanhanen noted that the alignment of these goals seemed to occur at Ukraine’s expense. Vanhanen stated that he did not oppose a ceasefire if it protected Ukrainians and also bound Russia. However, he observed that for Trump, merely declaring an agreement seemed to suffice, even without information about its terms or Russia's commitment. Vanhanen assessed that Russia would benefit from a situation in which the United States sought a quick agreement and Ukraine was cautious not to offend Trump. In such conditions, he believed Putin could gain concessions from Trump without Russia needing to win against Ukraine at the negotiating table. #Ukraina #Trump #Venäjä (translated)

ČT24 reported that according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Moscow attacked Ukrainian energy, despite U.S. President Donald Trump announcing an energy truce between Russia and Ukraine on the same day. It added that the Kremlin has not yet commented on this. #Ukrajina #Rusko #energetika (translated)

Andrej Fiskovec wrote that Yandex services were designed to function even during the outage of one data center, but Ukrainian drones hit three centers over four days, according to him. He stated that today, as a result, taxi services, payments, and websites of foreign companies stopped operating, including outside of Russia. In a new article, he discussed why the outage occurred only after the third strike, the reaction of Volodymyr Zelensky, and what he believes Putin's decree regarding unprotected businesses will determine. He added that the article was not behind a paywall. https://t.co/wHlKnjBoxI #Yandex #Ukrajina #drony (translated)

Vojtěch Gibiš wrote that the new spokesperson for Donald Trump has aptly summarized how Volodymyr Zelensky is complicating the midterm elections for Trump: by not allowing himself to be killed and not handing his country over to the people whom Gibiš described as Russian terrorists. #Trump #Zelenskyj #Rusko (translated)

Roman M stated that the United States threatened an arms embargo on Ukraine if it continued to attack Russian refineries. He wrote that Volodymyr Zelensky issued orders to the Ukrainian army, the content of which was not disclosed, and speculated that it was obvious. The Kremlin labeled it as terrorism and claimed that its forces had meanwhile leveled a marketplace on the outskirts of Kharkiv and killed three people. He vulgarly rejected Donald in the end. https://t.co/CSmB4ye1ZV #Ukrajina #vývoj #politika (translated)

He is currently in a state of hysteria and incapable of taking measured actions; if he were rational, he would be open to peace talks. The tycoon, however, has the support of Elon Musk, who stated that Zelensky "has gone too far," and obviously from Moscow: the Ukrainian leader "is currently in a state of hysteria and incapable of taking measured actions; if he were rational, he would be open to peace talks," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. #Ucraina #Trump #TreguaEnergetica (translated)

The tycoon receives the support of Elon Musk, who says that Zelensky "has gone too far," and of course from Moscow: the Ukrainian leader "is currently in the throes of hysteria and unable to take measured actions; if he were rational, he would be open to peace talks," said the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov. #Ucraina #Trump #TreguaEnergetica (translated)

After a controversial announcement by Trump about a supposed energy truce between Ukraine and Russia, which was met with indifference from the Kremlin and a sarcastic response from Zelensky, the situation continues to deteriorate with Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure and growing discontent in the United States regarding the latest statements from the American president. #Ucraina #Trump #TreguaEnergetica (translated)

Donald Trump has announced a 'ceasefire' between Russia and Ukraine, but despite this call, the Russian army carried out another attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Saturday evening, while Ukrainian President Zelensky expressed his support for the ceasefire, even though it came as a surprise to him. #Oekraïne #Rusland #Energiebestand (translated)

Zelensky, naturally, being in a state of hysteria, is hardly able to take measured actions at this time. If he were able to do so, he would show the willingness to engage in peace talks. Zelensky "is currently in the grip of hysteria and incapable of taking measured actions; if he were rational, he would be open to peace talks." This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, as reported by the Tass agency. #Ucraina #Zelensky #Trump (translated)

"Russia would like to make an agreement": the war could have been resolved "many times but Zelensky does not want to make an agreement. If he had made an agreement two years ago it would have been better for him, he could have made a better agreement. Vladimir Putin would very much like to reach an agreement," said Trump. #Ucraina #Zelensky #Trump (translated)