{
  "id": 14193502,
  "title": "“Now it’s your turn”: US envoys planned to show Moscow a refinery pause and a diesel deal, then ask for something back, a source tells Reuters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/now-its-your-turn-us-envoys-planned-to-show-moscow-a-refinery-pause",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:54:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/13/now-its-your-turn-us-envoys-planned-to-show-moscow-a-refinery-pause-and-a-diesel-deal-then-ask-for-something-back-a-source-tells-reuters/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. diplomats sought to entice Russia into negotiations by proposing a diesel fuel deal and suggesting a pause in Russian attacks on Ukrainian refineries, according to sources cited by Reuters. During a meeting in Miami on October 9th, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner presented the Russian delegation with the idea of a \"softening\" tactic, which Witkoff described as \"the idea was that the US could go back to Russia and say ‘See, the Ukrainians stopped striking and we gave you this deal. Now it’s your turn to do something.’\" Despite the proposal, Russia has not offered any reciprocal concessions, and President Trump has dismissed claims that Russia aids Iran. Since the announcement of the energy ceasefire, no new Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil sites have been reported. The envoys did not explicitly threaten to cut U.S. support if the strikes continued, but Ukrainian officials claim they were warned of potential cuts in U.S. intelligence support. Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak suggested that Russian diesel exports could increase to 3.0-3.5 million tons per month by year-end, contradicting the U.S. pledge.",
  "summary": "Ukraine’s part of that exchange was to stop striking Russia’s oil plants, a request Kushner repeated at the Miami meeting.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}