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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According to Trump, it is not the war in Iran, which he helped initiate in February, that is to blame for the diesel shortage.
Donald Trump urges Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to stop "attacks" against Russian refineries. That's what Tycoon said by talking to media at his golf club in Doonbeg, Ireland. (ANSA)
Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky to stop the Ukrainian strikes on Russian diesel refineries on Sunday, September 13, 2026, while fuel prices are exploding in the United States.
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to "stop destroying diesel fuel in Russia" because the attacks were causing a shortage.
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks causing a shortage
KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage.
The U.S. authorities asked Kiev not to attack the Russian Federation's diesel-related facilities, announced on Sunday American President Donald Trump." We spoke to Mr. Zelensky about it.
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