Thank you, President Trump,” Zelensky said in a post on X, adding that Ukraine expects the agreement to be implemented. Zelensky confirmed that discussions about a temporary halt in attacks on energy infrastructure took place during trilateral meetings between US, Ukrainian and Russian officials in Abu Dhabi last week. But the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed its troops “ceased all hostilities” and accused Ukraine of continuing to strike. The reported pause in Russian attacks comes at a critical time, when Ukraine is facing below freezing temperatures, made worse by repeated Russian attacks on critical infrastructure. Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have caused significant electricity shortages in Kyiv, according to the country’s energy minister, with multiple other regions including Odesa, Kharkiv and Donetsk also suffering outages.