Today's headlines are dominated by Zelenskyy warning that Russian strikes will continue unless Putin honors Trump's energy truce, midterm season stirring up Democratic politics, and AI making waves everywhere from the IMF's growth outlook to government policy.
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If Putin Rejects Energy Truce, Strikes Will Continue, Warns Zelenskyy - Whatfinger Business & Money
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine will continue long-range strikes against Russia unless Moscow accepts the proposed energy truce.
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Zelenskyy tells Warsaw forum Russian drones defied Trump’s truce
Speaking at a Warsaw security forum, Zelenskyy said Ukraine will honor Trump's surprise energy ceasefire if Moscow does, but Russian drones struck Ukrainian power and gas sites through the night anyway.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Europe's main eastern-flank security gathering Monday that Kyiv will honor President Trump's surprise "energy ceasefire" if Moscow does. But Russian drones, he said, kept hitting Ukraine's power and gas sites through the night anyway.
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