Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskyy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and railed against Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that drew a sharp rebuke from Zelenskyy. "I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals, but for some reason he never does," Trump…
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday, criticizing the country's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure. This came a day after Trump announced a diesel supply deal with Russia, which Zelenskyy strongly condemned. Trump claimed that Zelenskyy could have struck more deals, but never has.
Zelenskyy retaliated with some of his strongest criticism yet of the White House, denouncing Trump's deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel. This move comes as high energy prices are proving to be a political problem for Trump's Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. On Saturday, Russia announced it had partially lifted a ban on diesel exports, effective immediately.
In response, Zelenskyy said that Russia had recently struck residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia with five glide bombs, in retaliation for the sanctions removal.
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