President Trump on Sunday called on his Ukrainian counterpart to halt strikes on Russian refineries, saying the attacks are causing a shortage of diesel. Trump, who is in Ireland watching the Irish Open at one of his golf courses for the weekend, was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his recent conversation with Russia's Vladimir Putin. The U.S. president responded by calling on Zelenskyy to halt strikes against Russia.
Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia," Mr. "Let him go after targets but not diesel fuel, because he's causing a shortage of diesel fuel." Ukraine's recent long-range strikes have targeted Russia's oil and gas industry, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels its war on Ukraine.
The Ukrainian drone campaign has caused fuel rationing across Russia, despite the country being a key oil and gas exporter. Other Ukrainian strikes targeted major Russian online retailers, bringing the war ever closer to the public. Trump's remarks come as Russia and Ukraine continued overnight waves of drone attacks.
Two people were killed in Russia's Tatarstan, according to local officials. At the same time, Ukrainian authorities reported Russian drone attacks on the Black Sea port of Odesa and a fire near a border crossing with Poland. Russia has ramped up its air campaign in recent weeks, using ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones to pierce Ukraine's defenses and capitalize on Kyiv's dwindling stock of missile interceptors.
Moscow's attacks have targeted Ukraine's power grid ahead of winter in what officials say is meant to demoralize civilians. A Russian drone targeted a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after trains with top Western figures — including ex-CIA Director David Petraeus, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt— passed through, Ukraine's rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia said in a statement.
No casualties were reported after the Russian strike at Yahodyn, which hit the train's engine. All the passengers had been evacuated, Ukrainian authorities said. Russia said it struck "railway infrastructure" in western Ukraine.
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