Trump condemns Ukraine's end of energy truce as harmful to oil prices
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President Donald Trump criticized Ukraine's decision to resume attacks on Russian energy facilities, saying it would raise global oil prices.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Ukraine's announcement to end the pause on strikes against Russian energy infrastructure was "a disgrace," after reports of a drone attack on an oil refinery in Russia's Ryazan region. The regional governor, Pavel Malkov, claimed the Ryazan refinery was hit, though Ukrainian officials have not verified the strike. It was the first reported attack on Russian energy sites since Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" between Kyiv and Moscow last Sunday.
Russia has continued to target Ukrainian energy facilities despite the ceasefire, while Ukraine had held fire on Russian energy assets until Wednesday, when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the pause was over. Trump responded that the move would likely increase global oil prices.
"All he's doing is making the world oil price higher. Well, I think that's a disgrace," Trump told Newsmax on Thursday evening. "There are a lot of targets you can hit, but when you shoot at diesel refineries where you make diesel oil, and we need that, and the world needs that, then he's not doing a good service for the world," he added.
Trump also expressed personal dislike for Zelenskyy, describing him as "more difficult to deal with than Putin." Relations between Kyiv and the White House have grown tense after Trump announced a relaxation of U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel imports and limited Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite services.