The Ukrainian leader also offered to accede to Trump's request to stop targeting Russian refineries in exchange for Patriot missile deliveries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into surrendering to Russia, escalating a weeklong row with the U.S. president. Zelenskyy also offered a new proposal to accede to Trump’s request to stop targeting Russian refineries, which was aimed at combating high diesel prices, in exchange for deliveries of more Patriot air-defense missiles. But they just want us to stop attacking diesel.
And if we strike that, they will disconnect us from something.”
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