Trump’s energy ceasefire claim may be running ahead of Ukraine’s grid, while oil eased as traders weighed it and the diesel deal

President Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” effective immediately; Moscow had not confirmed it, and Zelenskyy said the deal was “news to me” before later saying Russia kept attacking power and rail targets, NPR and the BBC reported. Oil eased Monday — Brent was down 0.6% at $104.90 and WTI down 0.8% at $91.10 in one Wall Street Journal report — as traders weighed that claim and Friday’s diesel deal, whose promised volumes analysts say are too small to move U.S. pump prices much, CNBC reported. Read together, the ceasefire claim may be running ahead of conditions on Ukraine’s grid, even as markets weighed it.

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