Trump Urges Ukraine to Halt Russian Refinery Strikes — SkimNews
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- Trump said on Sunday that Ukraine should hold off on its strikes on Russian oil refineries, according to the source.
- Trump cited the surge in diesel prices and explicitly linked it to the Iran war and the resulting energy crisis as his reason for the request.
- The comments came while Trump was at his golf course in Ireland during the Irish Open, where a reporter asked whether he had spoken to Ukraine (the source cuts off before his answer).
- Outlets including The Hindu, the Globe and Mail, the Washington Post, and Google News all framed Trump's remarks the same way: a direct call on Ukraine/Zelensky to stop hitting Russian diesel and energy targets.
- The New York Times ran a separate headline in the same cycle about Russian strikes on Ukraine landing near ex-CIA chief David Petraeus — a distinct event bundled into broader coverage of the same day.
Why it matters: Trump is publicly pressing Ukraine to restrain a key wartime tactic — refinery strikes — at exactly the moment those strikes are straining global diesel supplies. That puts Kyiv in a bind: scale back military pressure on Moscow or risk further friction with Washington as fuel costs climb and the Iran-driven energy crunch deepens.
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