Trump says Russia has lost control of its diesel industry, calls for end to Ukraine war
Trump said Ukraine’s strikes have put many Russian diesel refineries out of service and helped trigger recurring fuel shortages, with 25,000 deaths a month cited.
- President Donald Trump stated on Monday that Russia has "unfortunately lost control" of its diesel industry due to Ukrainian strikes, saying the war is "hurting the world" and must end.
- Over the weekend, Ukrainian forces launched more than 1,000 drones against oil and logistics facilities near Moscow; Russian officials claimed air defenses destroyed 1,110 drones in response.
- U.S. retail diesel prices have climbed above $6.50 per gallon as global supplies tighten, while Trump asserted 25,000 people, mostly soldiers, are being killed monthly in the conflict.
- Trump is scheduled to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to discuss air defense support and de-escalation steps.
- Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine's energy infrastructure "must stop being targets for Russia," insisting that energy sites remain legitimate military targets while defending Kyiv's strike strategy against Moscow.
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Fact-check: Trump says diesel prices are up because of Ukrainian attacks on Russia
President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” adding: "he’s causing a shortage of diesel fuel. This isn’t done by the Middle East. This is done by what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine."
Trump Pushes Zelensky to Halt Russia Refinery Attacks Amid High Diesel Prices
President Donald Trump held a fresh phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and pressed him to halt long-range drone strikes on Russian refineries, according to Financial Times (FT) and Bloomberg reports cited by ZeroHedge [1]. The stated aim is to calm rising diesel prices while the parallel Strait of Hormuz crisis persists, officials said [1]. News of the call broke just before Trump issued a Truth Social statement on Monday, Se…
Trump said that the Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries are "a serious blow to the Russians, but also a serious blow to diesel prices." He announced that he would discuss this with Zelensky. Will the US ban diesel exports? Asked about calls from some congressmen to ban the export of American diesel fuel, Trump said he has also called for it in internal discussions. "We produce a lot of diesel fuel. It could have some impact on the price of regul…
The war in Ukraine, which has been going on for four and a half years, has received only a brief mention in Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly. The president has said that the world “has had enough” with this conflict and has pointed out that its end could be near, after the negotiating effort of his envoys to Moscow and Kyiv, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Continue reading...
Trump begs Ukraine and Russia to stop the war, save diesel
President Trump is to be commended for everything he has done to try and bring about peace. But the reality is that there’s only one person who can truly end this pointless, destructive war. That person is Vladimir Putin.
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