Welcome to the NewsHour. Today, for the first time in more than three years of war, Ukraine and Russia have both agreed to at least a partial ceasefire, stopping strikes on energy infrastructure for the next month.

And those 30 days could provide a much-needed respite to millions of Ukrainians who have often spent their nights in darkness and without heating.

The announcement followed President Trump's call with Ukrainian president Belodemir Zelensky today,

which Trump officials described as fantastic. Here's Nick Schifrin.

For more than three years, this has been the reality. Ukraine's cities going dark.

A country of 37 million guided by flashlight.

The Russian campaign has been unrelenting.

Targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure to try and cut civilians light and heat to erode their willingness to support the war.

But today, a deal agreed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who wrote on X,

one of the first steps toward fully ending the war could be ending strikes on energy and other civilian infrastructure.

I supported this step, and Ukraine confirmed that we're ready to implement it.

And announced by the White House.

We are at a place of peace.

We're at a partial ceasefire and we're moving towards a full ceasefire and a longstanding

peace in this conflict.

And that's great news for the American public.

President Trump and Zelensky spoke for an hour and technical teams will meet in Saudi Arabia this weekend

to try and extend the troops to the Black Sea, where Ukrainian naval drones

have successfully sunk or pushed out Russia's fleet. But the U.S. statement also raised Ukraine's

nuclear power plants and suggested the U.S. could take them over.

The United States could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility

expertise.

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