{"id":6409,"date":"2026-10-10T00:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=6409"},"modified":"2026-10-10T00:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:41:13","slug":"trump-strikes-russian-diesel-deal-with-putin-as-zelenskyy-condemns-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=6409","title":{"rendered":"Trump strikes Russian diesel deal with Putin as Zelenskyy condemns move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AP26282588885513-e1791580115162.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy calls US-Russia diesel deal \u2018a weak decision\u2019 and says negotiators are being \u2018used as a smokescreen.\u2019<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THIS IS AN APNewsAlert. Check back for updates. AP\u2019s earlier story is below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said on social media on Friday that he struck the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call in which he was expected to discuss a suspected case of plague in Russia. Instead, Trump announced that Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons \u201cimmediately thereafter.\u201d Russia will deliver another 3 million tons \u201cwithin a short period of time\u201d after that, he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s shocking announcement comes after he signed a sweeping Russia sanctions law last month that aimed at clamping down on Russia\u2019s energy economy, among other areas, that fuel its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted sharply in a social media post, saying that the Russian leader was trying to strike \u201cbackroom deals\u201d to buy time in the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGifts to Putin will not bring peace or any benefit to the civilized world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s move casts doubt on the likelihood of the White House imposing sanctions on Russia this month, given that a bipartisan law passed by Congress directs the administration to target the top importers of Russian oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, in his announcement, did not address the sanctions or Russia\u2019s war but said, \u201cLower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washington and Moscow offer few details on deal<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House did not immediately respond to questions about who was paying for the diesel from Russia and when the fuel being supplied under the agreement would become available. It also did not clarify whether subsequent supplies of Russian diesel set to come next month would be supplied prior to Election Day on Nov. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gas prices globally have surged as the war in Iran upends the energy sector. While diesel futures prices dipped on Friday\u2019s news, the national average price per gallon of diesel in the U.S. was still $6.23, according to AAA, after hitting a record $6.52 on Sept. 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statement from Putin, released by the Kremlin on Friday, said that during his call with his U.S. counterpart, he and Trump dedicated \u201csignificant attention to the prospects of resolving the Ukrainian crisis\u201d and also discussed \u201cthe situation around Iran and various aspects of bilateral relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia \u201cconfirmed its readiness to supply oil and oil products to the American and global markets,\u201d Putin said. \u201cI am confident that this will have a positive impact on the entire global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two leaders agreed to continue contacts, Putin said in the statement.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump and Putin\u2019s deal draws immediate backlash<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy, in his lengthy post online reacting to the deal, said Russia would repay it \u201cwith further terror and perfidy.\u201d He cast it as an investment in the war, allowing it to be prolonged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt plays into Russia\u2019s hands \u2014 allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Don Beyer, the senior House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, called Trump\u2019s announcement \u201cinfuriating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is what we warned anyone who would listen: Trump isn\u2019t the slightest bit trustworthy when it comes to Russia,\u201d Beyer said in a statement on X. \u201cGiving him expanded tariff powers in hopes he would use them to help Ukraine was a mistake. Now he\u2019s lifting sanctions on Russian fossil fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law Trump signed last month envisions sanctions on Russian officials, banks and a shadow fleet of tankers and bans all new U.S. investment in Russia and the handling of sovereign debt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also directed Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on the top five importers of Russian oil or natural gas, with an exception for countries that import less than 15% of Russia\u2019s natural gas exports and have taken significant steps to reduce those imports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has not imported Russian oil or gas since 2022, when the Biden administration banned them because of Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treasury Department moves to ease diesel sanctions for six months<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after Trump made the announcement, the Treasury Department said it was immediately issuing a temporary license allowing Russian diesel to be supplied to the global market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the latest in several licenses the U.S. Treasury has issued regarding Russian fuel shipments since the start of the Iran war earlier this year. But it is the first such license to ease sanctions on diesel for a period lasting longer than the standard 30-day window since the start of the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new so-called general license means U.S. sanctions will not apply until April 2027 on deliveries of Russian diesel that has been loaded onto tankers as of Friday. The department extended similar easing of sanctions in March and April even though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had ruled out such a move earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extensions continue to underscore how the fallout from the Iran war has boosted Moscow\u2019s ability to profit from its energy exports, which had been restrained by the U.S. and other allies since the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia, once a major exporter of diesel, has banned exports since July as it has struggled to meet demand inside the country because of Ukraine\u2019s repeated attacks on Russian oil refineries. The International Energy Agency says Russian diesel output has fallen by about 30%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associated Press writers Will Weissert and Konstantin Toropin in Washington and Farnoush Amiri in New York contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Trump #strikes #Russian #diesel #deal #Putin #Zelenskyy #condemns #move<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelenskyy calls US-Russia dies&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9515,110,1292,273,7129,233,6028,1503,1430,2050,357,1432,1914],"class_list":["post-6409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-condemns","tag-deal","tag-diesel","tag-donald-trump","tag-gas-prices","tag-move","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-russian","tag-strikes","tag-trump","tag-ukraine","tag-zelenskyy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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