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Trump Asked Zelenski to Halt Ukrainian Attacks on Russian Diesel
The U.S. president said those strikes are causing fuel shortages in Russia. Meanwhile, the war continued with cross-drone attacks and civilian casualties in both countries.
Donald Trump said on Sunday that he asked Volodimir Zelenski to stop attacking diesel fuel in Russia, arguing that those actions are causing shortages, according to Clarín based on AP and AFP dispatches.
“Go after targets, but not diesel fuel because it is causing a diesel fuel shortage,” Trump told the press during the Irish Open at his club in Doonbeg, Ireland.
Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine again attacked each other with drones overnight. In Tatarstan, local officials reported the deaths of two people. On the Ukrainian side, authorities reported Russian attacks on Odesa and a fire near a border crossing with Poland.
According to the office of regional chief Rustam Minnikhanov, two civilians were killed and another 14 people were injured in Nizhnekamsk, a city in Tatarstan. According to that report, a drone crashed into a tree near a parked car. Mayor Radmir Belyaev also said there was a fire at a company in the city.
Clarín noted that Nizhnekamsk is home to major refineries and petrochemical plants. It also reported that Ukraine said it had struck a refinery in Slavyansk-na-Kubani, in Russia’s Krasnodar region, while local authorities spoke of three injured, damage to an oil pipeline and a fire at a company, without directly responding to the Ukrainian account.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that 389 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight over various regions, including Tatarstan and Crimea, occupied by Russia.
In Ukraine, at least nine people were injured in a Russian overnight attack on Odesa, according to Serhii Lysak. In addition, Ukrainian officials said another Saturday attack on a residential building in that city left two dead and 26 injured.
There were also impacts in western Ukraine. According to Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and a local customs spokesman cited by Clarín, a drone fell near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing with Poland and caused a service station to catch fire. Valentyna Chernysh, spokesperson for the Volyn Customs Office, told AP that the crossing remained intact and that there were no injuries because it had been temporarily closed during the air raid alert.
Ukraine’s air force said it shot down or neutralized 409 Russian drones and that the overall attack included 453 aircraft of different types.
On the diplomatic front, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow does not rule out resuming peace talks in October with the participation of Russia, Ukraine and the United States. As Clarín recalled, U.S. envoys held meetings with Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week and then with Zelenski in Kiev, although the positions of both sides remain opposed, especially on territorial issues.
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