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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s Oct. 9 diesel deal with Russia “is very dangerous.”
“What are the implications of President Trump waiving sanctions for Russia? What’s the impact?” “Meet the Press” host Welker asked during the NBC News interview.
“Strengthening Putin’s war against us because he feels success,” Zelenskyy said, adding that Putin has not had any success on the battlefield, especially in 2026. (RELATED: Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin Runs Into The Ban Congress Passed On Russian Energy)
“He feels victory with sanctions,” the Ukrainian president added, characterizing Trump’s easing of them as “really big support for Putin.”
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Zelenskyy also said the diesel deal would not have a real effect on prices in the U.S., which he tied to the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz.
“And we’re afraid that the question of Russian gas will be raised, and also the question of frozen assets,” he noted. “And that’s why we say that it’s ‘very dangerous.’ This diesel deal is very dangerous. It doesn’t have influence— the real influence on the price in the United States.”
Later in the program, however, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pushed back on Zelenskyy’s remarks, telling Welker that “no sanctions were lifted on Friday,” and that the only thing lifted was the embargo on Russian diesel.
The Treasury secretary also claimed the Ukrainian president “does not criticize his European partners.” “The Europeans are financing the Russian war machine,” Bessent said. (RELATED: Ukraine Restarts The Refinery Strikes Trump Blames For High Diesel Prices)
Trump signed an executive order Friday waiving the Russian sanctions and tariffs required under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which he signed into law Sept. 18.
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My decision on Russia is a very simple one. I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table. Great progress is being made, and that includes current hostage negotiations! Signing that document at this time will do that, and I can sign it later, or any time that I want! Perhaps more importantly, Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way, and will, unless stupid people get in the way. Lastly, Zelenskyy is using Diesel Refineries in Russia as a target, knowing that these attacks are seriously hurting the world diesel markets, including those in the United States. Farmers, ranchers, and businesses of all kinds are suffering greatly from this, but Russia is, nevertheless, sending, at a low price, millions of barrels of diesel to the World. Zelenskyy doesn’t care, and frankly, with all of the money that Europe is famously giving him, and that Crooked Joe Biden gave him in the past, he doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did. He could have made a better deal two years ago than he can now. His country is in shambles, a large portion of his land is lost, his oceans and seas are gone, and his male population is low, wounded, and/or dead. I WANT THIS WAR END! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP]
The law — named for the late Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a foreign policy hawk who died July 11 — requires the president to put tariffs of up to 100% on goods from the five biggest buyers of Russian oil and gas, and up to 500% on Russian imports. The Senate passed the bill 86-11 on Aug. 7, before the House voted Sept. 16 on final passage, 262-159.
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