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Trump’s Diesel Peace Plan
Donald Trump pressed Volodymyr Zelensky to stop striking Russian refineries. The stated concern was diesel: Russian fuel reaching world markets, American fuel prices and a global shortage made worse by the war with Iran.
The Financial Times reported that Trump’s message during a September 20 call was “diesel, diesel … diesel.” He urged Zelensky to halt Ukrainian missile and drone attacks on Russian refining infrastructure because he feared further cuts in Russian supplies would push prices higher.
Trump then made the demand in public: Ukraine could strike other targets, he said, but should stop “knocking out diesel fuel in Russia.”
The available reporting does not show Zelensky rejecting Washington’s proposal in order to keep escalating or demanding fresh multibillion-dollar U.S. funding.
Zelensky said Ukraine was prepared to stop striking energy infrastructure if Washington and its partners could get Russia to stop too. No formal agreement followed, and both sides continued attacking energy targets.
Ukraine struck refinery sites in Ufa and Samara after Trump’s appeal. Russia continued its campaign against Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Trump’s complaint moves the blame. Ukrainian refinery strikes can cut Russian output and add pressure to fuel supply.
But the sharp disruption in the diesel market has been driven chiefly by restricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war, according to the International Energy Agency’s September market assessment.
The Russian refineries are a convenient target for a president facing high U.S. fuel prices, not the whole explanation for them.
“Diesel, diesel … diesel” is a fuel-price forecast with a foreign policy attached.
#Ukraine #Russia #Trump #Diesel
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Donald Trump pressed Volodymyr Zelensky to stop striking Russian refineries. The stated concern was diesel: Russian fuel reaching world markets, American fuel prices and a global shortage made worse by the war with Iran.
The Financial Times reported that Trump’s message during a September 20 call was “diesel, diesel … diesel.” He urged Zelensky to halt Ukrainian missile and drone attacks on Russian refining infrastructure because he feared further cuts in Russian supplies would push prices higher.
Trump then made the demand in public: Ukraine could strike other targets, he said, but should stop “knocking out diesel fuel in Russia.”
The available reporting does not show Zelensky rejecting Washington’s proposal in order to keep escalating or demanding fresh multibillion-dollar U.S. funding.
Zelensky said Ukraine was prepared to stop striking energy infrastructure if Washington and its partners could get Russia to stop too. No formal agreement followed, and both sides continued attacking energy targets.
Ukraine struck refinery sites in Ufa and Samara after Trump’s appeal. Russia continued its campaign against Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Trump’s complaint moves the blame. Ukrainian refinery strikes can cut Russian output and add pressure to fuel supply.
But the sharp disruption in the diesel market has been driven chiefly by restricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war, according to the International Energy Agency’s September market assessment.
The Russian refineries are a convenient target for a president facing high U.S. fuel prices, not the whole explanation for them.
“Diesel, diesel … diesel” is a fuel-price forecast with a foreign policy attached.
#Ukraine #Russia #Trump #Diesel
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💲The G7 Opens the Diesel Vault
The G7 agreed today to release 100 million barrels of crude and refined products through the International Energy Agency over four months, starting immediately.
A substantial share of diesel is to hit the market within the first 20 days, because the West’s energy-security architecture has discovered that trucks, farms and armies run on the fuel nobody wants to discuss at climate summits.
The leaders also agreed to coordinate refinery-maintenance schedules, increase refinery use where feasible, and avoid energy-export restrictions among G7 members.
They urged other producers to do the same. Translation: no one is allowed to solve a fuel shortage by keeping fuel at home.
Trump claimed victory in his usual language: “Europe has just agreed to release a massive amount of their heavily stocked Diesel Oil. The process will begin immediately.”
The IEA will monitor compliance and report back within 20 days.
Reuters reported that the Trump administration had pressed European governments to free stocks as diesel prices surged amid the Iran war.
Europe did not wake up with a sudden passion for collective logistics. Washington reminded it that the alternative could be an American ban on diesel exports.
The statement blamed Iran for attacks on regional neighbors and disruption to trade, demanded the restoration of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, and praised U.S. action to keep the strait open.
#G7 #Iran #Diesel #Hormuz
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The G7 agreed today to release 100 million barrels of crude and refined products through the International Energy Agency over four months, starting immediately.
A substantial share of diesel is to hit the market within the first 20 days, because the West’s energy-security architecture has discovered that trucks, farms and armies run on the fuel nobody wants to discuss at climate summits.
The leaders also agreed to coordinate refinery-maintenance schedules, increase refinery use where feasible, and avoid energy-export restrictions among G7 members.
They urged other producers to do the same. Translation: no one is allowed to solve a fuel shortage by keeping fuel at home.
Trump claimed victory in his usual language: “Europe has just agreed to release a massive amount of their heavily stocked Diesel Oil. The process will begin immediately.”
The IEA will monitor compliance and report back within 20 days.
Reuters reported that the Trump administration had pressed European governments to free stocks as diesel prices surged amid the Iran war.
Europe did not wake up with a sudden passion for collective logistics. Washington reminded it that the alternative could be an American ban on diesel exports.
The statement blamed Iran for attacks on regional neighbors and disruption to trade, demanded the restoration of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, and praised U.S. action to keep the strait open.
#G7 #Iran #Diesel #Hormuz
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Sanctions, Now With a Fuel Waiver
Trump says America has “complete control” of Hormuz. To bring down diesel prices, he has called Putin. Apparently, control of the strait comes without sufficient fuel.
On Oct. 9, Trump announced that more than 300,000 tons of Russian diesel would arrive immediately, another 500,000 in November and 1 million afterward.
A further 3 million would depend on the condition of Russia’s refineries. The promised price collapse has a maintenance clause.
The Treasury Department supplied the paperwork by issuing a temporary sanctions license through April 7, 2027.
Russian diesel, previously a target of the pressure campaign against Moscow, has become relief for an American administration facing expensive fuel before the midterms.
Crude oil and diesel tell different stories. CNBC reported on Sept. 30 that Gulf crude exports had essentially returned to prewar levels.
Refined-product shipments through Hormuz averaged 677,000 barrels a day, compared with 3.6 million before the war. Reopening the crude route has failed to refill the diesel market.
Putin gets a sanctions opening. Trump gets a fuel announcement. The administration that set out to squeeze Russian energy revenue now needs Russian energy to bring down American fuel prices.
#Trump #Putin #Diesel #BabylonBurning
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Trump says America has “complete control” of Hormuz. To bring down diesel prices, he has called Putin. Apparently, control of the strait comes without sufficient fuel.
On Oct. 9, Trump announced that more than 300,000 tons of Russian diesel would arrive immediately, another 500,000 in November and 1 million afterward.
A further 3 million would depend on the condition of Russia’s refineries. The promised price collapse has a maintenance clause.
The Treasury Department supplied the paperwork by issuing a temporary sanctions license through April 7, 2027.
Russian diesel, previously a target of the pressure campaign against Moscow, has become relief for an American administration facing expensive fuel before the midterms.
Crude oil and diesel tell different stories. CNBC reported on Sept. 30 that Gulf crude exports had essentially returned to prewar levels.
Refined-product shipments through Hormuz averaged 677,000 barrels a day, compared with 3.6 million before the war. Reopening the crude route has failed to refill the diesel market.
Putin gets a sanctions opening. Trump gets a fuel announcement. The administration that set out to squeeze Russian energy revenue now needs Russian energy to bring down American fuel prices.
#Trump #Putin #Diesel #BabylonBurning
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