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U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Ukraine and Russia have agreed not to strike each other’s energy targets, while blaming the recent rise in global diesel prices mainly on the Russia-Ukraine war rather than the conflict with Iran.
“Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran,” he added.
Trump’s announcement followed remarks Sunday in which he called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop attacking Russian diesel refineries, arguing that the strikes were contributing to global fuel shortages.
“Mr. Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump told reporters during a visit to Ireland.
“Let him go after targets, but not diesel, because he’s causing a shortage of diesel,” Trump said.
Trump said Washington had raised the issue directly with Zelenskyy and argued that Ukraine had “plenty of other targets” available without striking refineries.
Trump said disruptions in global diesel markets were being driven primarily by the Russia-Ukraine war rather than tensions in the Middle East.
“This isn’t done by the Middle East; this is done by what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine,” he said.
Trump argued that attacks on Russian refineries were “hurting the world.”
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