Trump says Ukraine, Russia agree to spare energy targets — SkimNews
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- Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday (Sep 14): "Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!"
- Trump, speaking in Ireland on Sunday, told Zelenskyy to "stop knocking out diesel fuel" refineries, saying Ukraine is "causing a shortage of diesel" worldwide.
- Ukraine's presidency declined to comment on Trump's claim and there was no immediate reaction from Moscow.
- Ukraine has struck numerous Russian oil refineries far from its border, while Moscow has intensified long-range attacks — record drone numbers from Kyiv, all-time high missile launches from Moscow — driving a jump in civilian deaths.
- Trump said rising diesel prices are caused by "the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran," as oil prices continue to soar and pump costs climb weeks before US midterm elections.
- Zelenskyy last week offered to meet Putin at the G20 summit at Trump's Doral resort in Miami in December; the Kremlin immediately ruled it out, while Trump claims Putin "wants to make a deal."
Why it matters: The announcement came with no confirmation from Kyiv or Moscow, leaving the bilateral energy-targets arrangement unverified on the record. Trump explicitly framed diesel shortages as Ukraine's fault rather than the US-Israel conflict with Iran, staking a political claim weeks before US midterm elections while simultaneously pushing for a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting.
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