Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage
Trump said Ukraine should stop targeting Russian diesel facilities, citing fuel shortages as Ukrainian drone strikes continue to hit oil and gas infrastructure.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, citing concerns about fuel shortages caused by the attacks.
- Ukrainian drone campaigns against Russian oil infrastructure have caused fuel rationing across Russia. AAA data shows the U.S. diesel average reached a record $6.20 a gallon, around 68 percent higher than a year earlier.
- Russian drone attacks on Saturday destroyed a residential high-rise in Odesa, killing two people and injuring 26 others. Separately, Ukrainian drone strikes in Tatarstan killed two people and injured 14.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow remains open to restarting peace talks in autumn, telling reporters, "October cannot be ruled out."
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned of potential provocations by Moscow at border crossings, noting that cooperation between Warsaw and Kyiv avoided a "direct threat" to a Polish-Ukrainian crossing point earlier this week.
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The Frontier PostUS president warns Ukrainian attacks cause global shortages
Trump asks Ukraine to stop hitting Russia's fuel, points to 'other targets'
Trump's remarks come as Ukraine has stepped up long-range strikes on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure, arguing that the industry helps finance and directly support Moscow’s war effort. The drone campaign has disrupted fuel supplies in parts of Russia, leading to rationing despite the country being one of the world’s biggest oil and gas exporters.
Ukraine must stop its attacks on the Russian fuel infrastructure, as President Donald Trump said today, 13 September.
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berlingske.dkAccording to Trump, it is not the war in Iran, which he helped initiate in February, that is to blame for the diesel shortage.
As diesel prices in the U.S. soared to record highs, U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy halt attacks on Russian oil refineries. This move applies direct pressure to Ukraine as skyrocketing energy prices have emerged as a negative factor affecting public sentiment ahead of the upcoming November midterm elections. On the 13th (local time), President Trump, who is visiting Ireland, met with reporters a…
"Zelenski has to do only one thing, which attacks other targets, but not diesel fuel," said the US president from Ireland.
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