From the Guardian · · 1m 20s
Trump says the refinery strikes stop
Trump claims Kyiv and Moscow agreed to spare each other's energy sites, days after US diesel blew past $6 a gallon.
In brief
Trump claims Kyiv and Moscow agreed to spare each other's energy sites, days after US diesel blew past $6 a gallon. Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian refineries have become a global fuel-price problem, and that pressure is now shaping US diplomacy. Originally reported by the Guardian.
Trump claims a truce
Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia have both agreed to stop hitting each other's energy targets. He announced it himself, on Truth Social.
“Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!”
He blames the war, not Iran
In the same post, Trump pinned the worldwide jump in diesel prices on the Russia-Ukraine war rather than on tensions with Iran.
“The World's Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran.”
The ask to Zelenskyy
On Sunday, Trump publicly pressed Ukraine's president to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and the infrastructure that produces and moves diesel.
Six dollars a gallon
US diesel hit a record on Friday, averaging past $6 a gallon. Trump spoke after that number landed.
Months of long-range hits
Ukraine has spent months striking Russia's oil and gas industry, deep enough to force fuel rationing across the country.
Why the world feels it
Moscow banned diesel exports in July after the strikes, pulling Russian supply out of a market that was already tight.
The essence
Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian refineries have become a global fuel-price problem, and that pressure is now shaping US diplomacy.
