The Trump administration is threatening to stop the procurement mechanism for supplying weapons to Ukraine in order to pressure Kyiv to stop carrying out deep attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure. Several European officials revealed this news. These officials received calls from US officials on Saturday and Sunday, or listened to relevant notifications. They said that the US is lobbying many European governments and Kyiv to stop attacks on Russian refineries. The White House declined to confirm or respond to the call. Officials added that the signals sent by the US side also included threats to cut off intelligence sharing and to suspend the PURL mechanism — a mechanism used to procure American-made weapons for Ukraine. A European official who received a call from a US Department of Defense official said, “They called Kyiv... and all concerned parties in Europe.” On Sunday, US President Trump posted on social media announcing that Russia and Ukraine have reached a cease-fire agreement to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure. This statement came as a surprise to Kyiv and all parties in Europe that the US side had previously tried to put pressure on. Shortly after Trump issued the energy cease-fire statement, a senior Ukrainian official close to Zelensky said, “Just now, our emergency repair team is still repairing Kyiv's electricity and water supply. None of us have heard of this cease-fire agreement.”

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