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Trump’s Election Push Warns Zelensky Over Refinery Strikes: Expert
Trump’s Election Push Warns Zelensky Over Refinery Strikes: Expert
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The Russia-US diesel deal left Ukraine and Europe out of the loop, depriving Kiev of its “energy truce” trump card, Russian National Energy Security Fund... 11.10.2026, Sputnik India
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Trump's calls for elections and new leadership in Ukraine reflect a growing rift between Kiev and Washington, and a US focus on its own national interests, Yushkov underscored.The timing is linked directly to the diesel deal: Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries could disrupt production and force Moscow to prioritise domestic Russia over exports, leaving the US facing further fuel shortages and price increases, he highlighted.Trump's calls for elections as a warning to Zelensky, whom the US president increasingly sees as an obstacle to negotiations and economic deal-making with Russia. acording to Yushkov. If Ukraine continues targeting Russian refineries and jeopardising the deal, the US could push for a change in Ukrainian leadership.More broadly, “the Russian side’s negotiating strategy has been to demonstrate to the US (which always focuses solely on its own national interests) that cooperating with Russia is profitable,” and that pressuring Ukraine and the Europeans “toward bringing this conflict to a close” would reap the US handsome economic rewards, he stressed.Ukraine’s refusal to comply with Trump’s demands to spare Russian refineries was also widening the rift between Washington and Kiev, a development Yushkov said worked in Russia's favour.The expert called on the US to go beyond rhetoric by restricting arms supplies and intelligence-sharing with Ukraine. He argued that continued US support for Kiev was at odds with Washington’s reported interest in Russian diesel supplies, given that intelligence provided to Ukraine could help it target the refineries producing the fuel.
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Trump’s Election Push Warns Zelensky Over Refinery Strikes: Expert
The Russia-US diesel deal left Ukraine and Europe out of the loop, depriving Kiev of its “energy truce” trump card, Russian National Energy Security Fund expert Igor Yushkov told Spuntik.
Trump's calls for elections and new leadership in Ukraine reflect a growing rift between Kiev and Washington, and a US focus on its own national interests, Yushkov underscored.
The timing is linked directly to the diesel deal: Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries could disrupt production and force Moscow to prioritise domestic Russia over exports, leaving the US facing further fuel shortages and price increases, he highlighted.
Trump's calls for elections as a warning to Zelensky, whom the US president increasingly sees as an obstacle to negotiations and economic deal-making with Russia. acording to Yushkov. If Ukraine continues targeting Russian refineries and jeopardising the deal, the US could push for a change in Ukrainian leadership.
“I think we may see new corruption investigations in the near future, as Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies are structures accountable exclusively to the Americans and will continue targeting Zelensky’s team at their direction,” the expert asserted.
More broadly, “the Russian side’s negotiating strategy has been to demonstrate to the US (which always focuses solely on its own national interests) that cooperating with Russia is profitable,” and that pressuring Ukraine and the Europeans “toward bringing this conflict to a close” would reap the US handsome economic rewards, he stressed.
“Ukraine’s refusal to comply with Trump’s demands to spare Russian refineries” is also “causing a rift in their relationship, which benefits Russia,” Yushkov stated.
Ukraine’s refusal to comply with Trump’s demands to spare Russian refineries was also widening the rift between Washington and Kiev, a development Yushkov said worked in Russia's favour.
The expert called on the US to go beyond rhetoric by restricting arms supplies and intelligence-sharing with Ukraine. He argued that continued US support for Kiev was at odds with Washington’s reported interest in Russian diesel supplies, given that intelligence provided to Ukraine could help it target the refineries producing the fuel.
