Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices
The move drew criticism from Ukraine and European allies, who said easing sanctions could send Moscow billions more for the war.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, reversing years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war in Ukraine and attempting to lower fuel prices before midterm elections.
- The agreement contradicts a sweeping Russia sanctions law Trump signed last month that aimed to restrict oil and gas revenues fueling Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
- Russian aerial bombs struck residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, killing at least 20 people, including three children, one day after the diesel deal announcement.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote that the attacks show Moscow interprets 'any easing of pressure' as permission to continue fighting and that export earnings finance weapons and mercenaries.
- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson noted energy revenues are 'central to the Russian war chest,' while Trump suggested Ukraine needs a new leader to make a deal.
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Trump says Ukraine should replace Zelenskyy, stop hitting Russian refineries (USO:NYSEARCA)
President Trump said Ukraine should halt attacks on Russian refineries and called for President Zelenskyy to be replaced, after announcing a deal with Russia's Putin to boost diesel exports.
Trump calls for replacing Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in tussle over Russian diesel deal | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
President Donald Trump called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and railed against Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that drew a sharp rebuke from Zelenskyy.
Trump tells Ukraine to 'find a new president' as Russia intensifies deadly strikes
Trump’s call came after Zelensky criticized a U.S.-Russia diesel deal that eased sanctions on Moscow, as Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine continued attacks on Russian refineries
The Republican president added that the Ukrainian government ignored his repeated requests not to attack Russia's energy infrastructure.
Trump calls for replacing Ukraine’s Zelenskiy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and railed against Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that drew a sharp rebuke from Zelenskiy. "I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals, but for some reason he never does," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I …
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