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- Russian diesel will return to world markets under a deal US President Donald Trump struck with Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine has reacted with open anger.
- Still, he said Kyiv counted on fair American support and a strong US conversation with Moscow, “not a weak one.”Meanwhile, Zelensky defended Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries, which Trump has blamed for rising fuel prices.
- Kirill Dmitriev, an envoy for Putin, said energy cooperation between the two countries “will benefit the world.”Fuel prices and the midtermsThe deal comes as Trump faces growing pressure over fuel costs before the November 3 midterm elections.
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Russian diesel will return to world markets under a deal US President Donald Trump struck with Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine has reacted with open anger.
Trump announced the arrangement on Friday after a phone call with the Russian leader. In a social media post, he said a first batch of 300,000 tonnes would ship straight away. Another 500,000 tonnes will follow in November, and then a further 1 million tonnes.
After that, Trump said, Russia would ship 3 million tonnes more “within a short period”. However, that last tranche depends on the state of Russian refineries, which Ukrainian drones have struck repeatedly this year.
Soon after, the Treasury Department put out a temporary licence clearing the way for those fuel sales. As a result, the waiver lifts sanctions on the exports until April, though Washington kept other Russian assets, such as funds in American banks, frozen.
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