Trump claims Zelenskyy agreed to "take it easy" on strikes on Russian oil refineries
US President Donald Trump has stated that he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to slow down the pace of strikes on Russian oil refineries and that Zelenskyy allegedly agreed.
Source: European Pravda, citing Trump's interview for Fox News
Details: Discussing the issue of rising fuel prices, the US president stated that "the big problem is the refineries in Russia are being blown up".
Quote: "This isn't really a Middle Eastern problem. This is more of a Russia problem that Ukraine and Russia are going at it and Ukraine is blowing up diesel refineries in Russia because they do a lot of the refining."
Details: He recalled speaking about this during his meeting with the president of Ukraine and asking him to "take it easy" a bit with strikes on such facilities.
Quote: "I said, 'You got to take it easy on the refineries as much.' He said, 'Well, we'll probably do that.'
Details: He added that these strikes are "causing a world problem". Following this, Trump noted that "there are other things he can do", referring to Zelenskyy.
Background:
- At the beginning of their meeting in New York on 22 September, US President Donald Trump said he would be discussing Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- Subsequently, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that, contrary to certain public statements from the American side, during a private meeting with US President Donald Trump, there were no attempts to force Ukraine to cease attacks on oil refineries and other facilities of that nature.
- The following day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington will try to secure an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, although he acknowledged that doing so would be difficult.
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