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Trump eased sanctions on Russia and pressured Ukraine due to elections and oil price considerations, while Zelensky publicly protested Russia’s energy income. Differences between the two sides continued to grow over the energy ceasefire and war responsibilities.
recentlytrump The President eased energy sanctions on Russia, praised President Putin, increased pressure on Ukraine and called forZelensky He stepped down and said last week, “I think Zelensky is more difficult to deal with than Putin.” Zelensky decided to risk angering Trump further by publicly criticizing him because of the conflict of interest between the two in the energy sector. The goal is to send a message to the American and European publics: Ukraine will defend its security at all costs, and Russia’s aggression will end global highoil price None of this is Ukraine’s responsibility.
The Wall Street Journal reported on the 18th that this month Trump announced an agreement with Putin that Russia will supply diesel to the US and global markets, and said this will help lower diesel prices. On the 16th, he waived most of the sanctions originally imposed on Russia in a bipartisan bill that was criticized by both parties.
According to reports, earlier on October 9, just before Trump announced the diesel deal with Putin, Zelensky was in Kiev for talks with a group of US lawmakers supporting Ukraine. The delegation was led by Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Republicans in the delegation proposed to Ukrainian officials that the United States could allow Ukraine to use Starlink to within about 200 miles of Russia, on the condition that Ukraine stop bombing Russian oil refineries. Zelensky agreed that it was a good idea. However, according to several participants, on the same day, White House special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner pressured Ukrainian officials in Miami and directly asked Ukraine to stop attacking oil refineries.
Trump has complained to Zelensky for weeks about Ukraine’s attack on an oil refinery, blaming the attack for rising oil prices and worrying about the impact on the November midterm elections, according to people familiar with the matter. Zelensky said cracking down on Russian energy revenues is a key part of Ukraine’s strategy to force Putin to end the war. Zelensky also proposed a plan: Ukrainian forces could stop attacking Russian oil refineries if Russia stops bombing Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, or if the United States provides Ukraine with more Patriot missiles this winter to protect against ballistic missile attacks.
Putin rejected an energy ceasefire, and the White House agreed to deliver only a small number of Patriot missiles. Trump announced an “energy armistice” between Ukraine and Russia on the 11th. Although Zelensky was surprised, he ordered the attacks to be suspended for three days. However, Russia continued to bomb Ukraine’s power plants. After the three-day ceasefire, Zelensky complained that Trump did not mention a word about Russia’s attacks on power plants and the killing of civilians, saying, “That’s it,” and he decided to increase his criticism of Trump. Zelensky said on the 18th that Russia has bombed Ukraine’s energy infrastructure 76 times since Trump announced the energy ceasefire.
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The report said that Trump is worried that the Ukrainian military’s attack on Russian oil refineries will increase international oil prices, which will affect the sentiments of the American people and the November midterm elections, so he is asking Ukraine to remain calm.
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Zelensky believes that cracking down on Russian energy revenues is an important means of forcing Putin to end the war; When Trump remained silent over Russia’s bombing of Ukrainian energy facilities, he believed he could no longer maintain restraint.
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Although Ukrainian forces briefly halted attacks on Russian oil refineries, Putin rejected the comprehensive agreement and Russia continued bombing Ukrainian power generation and energy facilities. Zelensky therefore concluded that the ceasefire was only superficial.
