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Trump Says He Told Ukraine to Stop Striking Russian Refineries as Diesel Hits Record

US President Donald Trump said he had previously warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop attacking Russian oil refineries. The strikes have halted diesel production and pushed diesel prices to a record high, Trump said.

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The diesel market is now the transmission channel through which a battlefield tactic becomes a global cost-of-living story. Trump's admission that Washington has pressed Kyiv on refinery strikes reframes the targeting debate: energy infrastructure has become a point of leverage between allies, not just between belligerents. What matters next is whether that pressure changes Ukrainian targeting decisions, and whether diesel stays elevated long enough to feed into broader inflation.

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