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Kremlin Rejects Zelensky Ceasefire Offer

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On Oct. 11-12, 2026, President Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, but Kyiv said it had not heard Russian approval. Zelensky said Russia struck Kharkiv's power plant and other energy facilities after the announcement. The Kremlin refused to confirm an agreement, and Peskov rejected temporary ceasefires.

Moscow has little incentive for an energy-only truce because Ukraine can hit many Russian refineries, while Ukraine has only one badly damaged refinery. The Kremlin says it wants a long-term peace deal rather than a ceasefire.

Reuters reports that Budapest's Circus premiered a production inspired by Harry Houdini's escapes, including a recreation of his famous 1912 upside-down water escape.

Zelensky has said Ukraine is willing to pause strikes on energy infrastructure if Russia does the same, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Moscow does not want a ceasefire and wants a long-term peace deal.

The same assessment is supported: Zelensky has reiterated willingness for ceasefires, but the Kremlin says it does not want a temporary ceasefire.

This duplicate claim is supported by reporting that the Kremlin rejected Zelensky's truce proposals while Ukraine says it is ready to halt energy strikes if Russia reciprocates. This is CNBC market commentary/opinion about AI stocks and profit-taking, not a checkable factual claim.

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Zelensky has said Ukraine is willing to pause strikes on energy infrastructure if Russia does the same, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Moscow does not want a ceasefire and wants a long-term peace deal.

NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his willingness for a complete or partial ceasefire, including moratoriums on strikes against energy infrastructure or the Black Sea, but the Kremlin continues to reject a ceasefire. Other Key Takeaways: The Kremlin's https:/

Original post · Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)

[kyivindependent.com](https://kyivindependent.com/kremlin-has-nothing-to-say-on-trumps-energy-ceasefire-rejects-zelenskys-truce-proposal-2/) NAMES: ISW = Instit

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The same assessment is supported: Zelensky has reiterated willingness for ceasefires, but the Kremlin says it does not want a temporary ceasefire.

NEW | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his willingness for a complete or partial ceasefire, including moratoriums on strikes against energy infrastructure or the Black Sea, but the Kremlin continues to reject a ceasefire. The Kremlin's current negotiating https:/

Original post · Critical Threats (@criticalthreats)

[theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/12/ukraine-russia-trump-energy-ceasefire-nato-zelenskyy-nobel-latest-news-updates)

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This duplicate claim is supported by reporting that the Kremlin rejected Zelensky's truce proposals while Ukraine says it is ready to halt energy strikes if Russia reciprocates. This is CNBC market commentary/opinion about AI stocks and profit-taking, not a checkable factual claim.

NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his willingness for a complete or partial ceasefire, including moratoriums on strikes against energy infrastructure or the Black Sea, but the Kremlin continues to reject a ceasefire. Other Key Takeaways: The Kremlin's https:/

Original post · Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)

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Original post · CNBC

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BZelensky's offering a partial ceasefire. Ukraine stops hitting Russian energy if Russia stops hitting Ukraine's.
BThe Institute for the Study of War just posted on X: Kyiv is willing, even on the Black Sea, and the Kremlin still says no.
BSo one side offers, the other bombs power plants. That tracks.
BCareful. The White House announced an energy truce on October eleventh. Kyiv never heard Russia confirm.
BAnd then Russia hit Kharkiv's power plant anyway. That is my whole point.
BSo why does Zelensky keep offering? If Putin won't confirm a pause, why hand him a headline?
BBecause it frames the refusal. Zelensky looks like the side that wants de-escalation; Moscow looks like the arsonist.
BLooking reasonable doesn't restore heat in Kharkiv. The Kremlin says it doesn't want a ceasefire, it wants a long-term deal. That's stalling.
BAnd Zelensky knows it. He said Putin doesn't read Truth Social. He's calling the bluff.
BCute line. But here's where I land: an energy-only ceasefire helps Russia. Ukraine can hit many Russian refineries. Ukraine has exactly one badly damaged refinery.
BNo—Ukraine can't outlast Russia on infrastructure. Its grid is the one getting hit hardest. A pause stops the bleeding at home.
BBut giving up the drone war on refineries is a gift to Moscow. That's Ukraine's best leverage.
BRussia's grid attacks are killing Ukrainians in winter. You can't fight a war if your people freeze.
BThen protect them with air defense, not by letting Moscow keep its fuel and electricity.
BAir defense is finite. A pause is free. That's the logic.
BFree for Russia too, and they've already shown they won't honor it.
BThat's why the EU's foreign policy chief says she sees no sign Russia would respect an energy truce. We agree it's weak.
BNo, we don't agree. You want to call the White House's announcement real progress. I see it as giving Putin a delay to rearm and then hit the grid harder.
BI'm not selling it as progress. I'm saying when one side offers and the other refuses, the world sees who's blocking.
BThen the world sees it, but Ukraine still has no heat. I'd rather send more air defense than spend time on a ceasefire Putin won't join.
BAnd I'd rather force Putin to reject it publicly every week. Both can be true.
BOnly you could make a diplomatic refusal sound like a win.
BIt's not a win. It's a signal. The Kremlin even floated a one-day halt for Ukrainian elections—a stunt, not a ceasefire.
BExactly. One day. That tells you how serious Moscow is. So forgive me if I don't cheer for another offer.
BI'm not cheering. I'm reading the room.
BThe room says a one-day pause for elections is hardly the good faith the Kremlin is claiming.
BThat's exactly why Zelensky has to keep making the offer. It exposes the stall.
BThen expose it and send Patriots. Don't stop hitting Russian oil.
BYou're saying the same thing twice.
BBecause you're not hearing it. A ban on energy strikes only works if both sides know the other will hold back.
BRussia won't. That's my point. The offer isn't naive; it's a trap for Putin's refusal.
BAnd Putin doesn't care about the trap. He cares about the map.
BOne war tracker on X is already posting daily Russian losses above three thousand. I won't trust the exact number.
BThe number matters less than what it signals: both sides are still grinding at full speed.
BThat's why the ceasefire conversation keeps coming back. The pain isn't slowing down.
BDifferent world entirely: Reuters posted on X that a Budapest circus is reviving Houdini's escapes.
BThe upside-down water tank? From 1912?
BThe same. They've built a new production a century on.
BHoudini was born in Budapest, so this is a homecoming.
BLeft as a kid, came back as the world's most famous escape artist.
BI'd watch that from the back row. That trick nearly killed him more than once.
BHe said the escapes were about precision, not magic. Circus performers still say that today.
BThat's the scary part. One mistake in that tank and it's over.
BAnd now someone in Budapest is doing it every night for an audience.
BIt's a lovely reminder from Europe that not everything in the news is a negotiation.
BUnless the tank negotiates a truce with gravity.
BFair. I'll stick to the back row.
BMe too. I like my escapes on a screen.

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