Zelensky says Trump’s sanctions waiver ‘rewards’ Putin and warns Moscow wants to plunge Ukraine into darkness

Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Donald Trump’s decision to waive sweeping US sanctions targeting Russian energy revenues, saying it rewards Vladimir Putin and encourages further attacks. He said Russia had struck 15 power-generation facilities in Ukraine and was trying to leave millions without heat and electricity before winter. Russian air strikes later killed at least two people in Kherson and Sumy, while a Putin envoy called the suspension of the Graham Act “historic.”