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  "id": 13648210,
  "title": "Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskiy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/trump-calls-for-replacing-ukraines-zelenskiy-in-tussle-over-diesel",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T05:04:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40443665/trump-calls-for-replacing-ukraines-zelenskiy-in-tussle-over-diesel-deal-with-russia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Saturday, US President Donald Trump urged Ukraine to replace its current leader, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, following a series of attacks on Russian oil infrastructure by Ukraine. The calls for a new president came in response to a diesel supply deal Trump had announced earlier in the day with Russia, which Zelenskiy harshly criticized. Zelenskiy linked the lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel with a Russian attack that killed 20 people, including three children, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia city. The surge in global diesel prices, driven by the Iran war in February, is a political issue for Trump's Republican Party ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. Zelenskiy alleged that Trump's diesel deal with Russia was emboldening Moscow, while the Ukrainian president called for more pressure on Russia to negotiate an end to the four-and-a-half-year conflict.",
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and railed against Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that had drawn a sharp rebuke from Zelenskiy. In some of his harshest criticism yet of the White House, Zelenskiy linked the US lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel with a…",
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        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Republicans in Congress push back against Trump’s diesel deal with Putin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/republicans-in-congress-push-back-against-trumps-diesel-deal-with",
        "published": "2026-10-11T06:29:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Trump says Ukraine should get a new leader as he spars with Zelensky over US-Russia diesel deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/trump-says-ukraine-should-get-a-new-leader-as-he-spars-with-zelensky",
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        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘Get a new leader’: Trump attacks Zelenskyy after Ukraine’s response to Russian diesel deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/get-a-new-leader-trump-attacks-zelenskyy-after-ukraines-response-to",
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        "title": "Trump calls for Ukraine election, says Zelenskyy failed to end war",
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        "published": "2026-10-11T08:43:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Trump urges Zelensky replacement as diesel row rages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/trump-urges-zelensky-replacement-as-diesel-row-rages",
        "published": "2026-10-11T09:21:59.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Trump urges Ukraine to replace Zelenskiy amid Russia diesel deal dispute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/trump-urges-ukraine-to-replace-zelenskiy-amid-russia-diesel-deal",
        "published": "2026-10-11T09:24:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ERR News Estonia",
        "title": "Eerik-Niiles Kross: The true impact of Trump and Putin's diesel deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/eerik-niiles-kross-the-true-impact-of-trump-and-putins-diesel-deal",
        "published": "2026-10-11T09:32:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskiy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/trump-calls-for-replacing-ukraines-zelenskiy-in-tussle-over-diesel-13709442",
        "published": "2026-10-11T09:50:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Trump, blaming Zelensky for US diesel prices, says Ukraine should get new president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/trump-blaming-zelensky-for-us-diesel-prices-says-ukraine-should-get",
        "published": "2026-10-11T10:25:41.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "UK does not support Trump's Russia diesel deal, says Streeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/uk-does-not-support-trumps-russia-diesel-deal-says-streeting",
        "published": "2026-10-11T11:00:49.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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