Russia has attacked a power plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv despite Donald Trump’s statement earlier Sunday that both sides had agreed to an “energy ceasefire,” according to Ukrainian officials.

A local official told ABC News the thermal power plant CHP-5 was struck at least twice, causing a fire. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a statement confirmed Russia had attacked the plant, as well as another in Kyiv, saying it had taken place after Trump’s announcement.

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    isnt it amazing how irrelevant the americans are making themselves. the truth is sbout the exact opposite of what they say

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    Donald Trump is a Liar, Putin is his master, and both of these people deserve death.

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    when drumpf announced the ceasefire, he meant Ukraine was supposed to stop shooting, not russia.

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    At least they’ve stopped lobbing shots at Pripyat but fuckin cmon man, the opportunity for glorious conquest is long gone why are you still making poor people miserable and fight each other for nothing

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    he wants to give russia some breathing room after zelenksy struck yANDEX datacenters responsibel for bots on social media.

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    And Trump had been right on the verge of getting that Nobel Peace Prize that he had his heart set on, too.

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    There are certainly a lot of ceasefires called, but not manyany actually upheld. I think he’s just imagining the talks.

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      Oh, hes talking. The talks are revolving around what Putin expects to ensure that the dirt he has on Trump doesn’t leak.

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    Trump probably announced the ceasefire in an attempt to curb a Russian strike. The Russians followed through regardless because Ukraine has been attacking Russian infrastructure for months.

    Trump wants to manage his failing domestic reputation, buy is unable because he started an unwinnable war against Iran after arming Ukraine to the gills with drone weapons. These are all problems created by the US and NATO. Had they withheld weapons and avoided war, they would be in a much better situation.

    Edit. I forgot the bot farms love the Ukraine war and want to waste money and bombs spiking fuel prices by extending a lost war. It’s shameful that the Ukrainians have been used as proxy to wage war against Russia.

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      Had they withheld weapons and avoided war

      Are you really this stupid?

      EDIT: Reminder that they gave up nuclear weapons for security assurances from Russia.

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      Why do people keep making Putin and Russia spend all their money on missiles? If they would just give him what he wants, he could go back to sitting back while his political enemies drink polonium tea, throw themselves out of windows, and shoot themselves multiple times in the back of the head! But he can’t because no one will just give him everything he wants!

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        EvergreenGuru also blames a rape victim for “going into a parking lot at night”, they’re just an overall awful package.

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    If the thermal power plant consumes fuel rather than produces it, what does it matter? The alleged reason for the dropping of sanctions is the shortage of fuel. If anything, that would just mean one less plant consuming fuel and a positive from Trump’s perspective.

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      The USA consumes around 500000 tons of Diesel per day. Do you really think that the consumption of a single thermal plant would make any difference for US drivers?

      You know what would make fuel prices become normal again? Getting the fuck out of Iran.

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        The whole thing makes no meaningful difference with regards to diesel, which is why I called it the “alleged reason.” But even if you buy that reasoning, if they’re targeting anything other their refineries or oil fields, it doesn’t matter from the perspective of a made-up ceasefire intended to pretend to be doing something about making sure there is enough fuel for the US.