Trump: Ukraine, Russia Agree to Halt Energy Strikes
Trump: Ukraine, Russia Agree to Halt Energy Strikes
The News
President Donald Trump said Monday that Ukraine and Russia have each agreed to stop striking the other's energy infrastructure, an announcement he made on social media as diesel prices hit record highs.
"Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise!" Trump wrote in a post signed "President DJT," according to Raw Story, which reported he did not detail how the arrangement came together.
Bloomberg reported the claim comes after strikes on oil refineries pushed diesel prices to record levels. The average nationwide price of a gallon of diesel stood at $6.23 Monday morning — the highest on record, according to AAA figures cited by the New York Post.
The Numbers
Diesel: $6.23 a gallon nationwide average Monday morning, an AAA record.
Just the News noted the announcement landed the same day the yield on the US 10-year Treasury note touched 5%.
Timeline
AAA's nationwide average for diesel hits a record $6.23 a gallon, per the New York Post, after refinery strikes tied to the war in Ukraine squeeze global supply.
Al Jazeera reports on Trump warning Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy off further attacks on Russian diesel refineries, with Trump blaming Ukraine's strikes for the global diesel shortage and tying the crisis to Russia's war rather than to US policy.
The Kremlin welcomes Trump's call for Ukraine to stop hitting diesel infrastructure and praises his "flexibility," according to ZeroHedge.
Trump posts that both Ukraine and Russia have agreed not to hit energy targets. Bloomberg, Raw Story, the New York Post and Just the News all report the claim.
Reactions
Trump framed the refinery war as a global problem, saying of the strikes that "that hurts the world, and we've got to stop it," in remarks ZeroHedge reported the Kremlin was responding to.
Moscow's answer was warm: the Kremlin welcomed Trump's appeal to Kyiv and praised his "flexibility," per ZeroHedge.
Al Jazeera's account cast Trump's pressure on Zelenskyy as an effort to pin the diesel crunch on Ukraine's attacks and on Russia's war rather than on American decisions.
Raw Story reported Trump offered no detail on how or when either side committed, and neither Kyiv nor Moscow has been reported confirming the terms Trump described.
What's Next
The test is simple and immediate: whether strikes on refineries and power infrastructure actually stop, and whether Ukraine or Russia publicly confirms what Trump announced. Neither has been reported doing so.
Energy markets are the scoreboard. Diesel at a record $6.23 and rising crude prices are what made the refinery campaign a White House problem in the first place; a real pause would show up at the pump.
More
Six outlets across the spectrum — Bloomberg, Raw Story, the New York Post, Al Jazeera, Just the News and ZeroHedge — reported Trump's statement Monday. All of them describe it as Trump's claim; none report independent confirmation from either government.
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