World
Trump urges Zelenskyy to stop Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries
The U.S. president said those attacks are creating diesel shortages in Russia. His comments came as both sides launched more overnight drone attacks and the Kremlin signaled openness to new talks.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Volodymyr Zelenskyy should stop Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, arguing that the attacks are causing diesel shortages inside Russia, CBS News Miami reported.
According to the outlet, Trump made the remark when asked whether he had spoken with the Ukrainian president after his recent conversation with Vladimir Putin. In response, he said Ukraine could pursue other targets, but not diesel fuel.
In recent weeks, Ukraine has carried out long-range strikes against Russia’s oil and gas sector, which Kyiv sees as both a source of funding and direct support for Moscow’s war effort. CBS News Miami said the drone campaign has led to fuel rationing across Russia despite the country’s role as a major oil and gas exporter.
Trump’s comments came amid continued cross-border aerial attacks. Local officials reported two deaths in Russia’s Tatarstan region. Ukrainian authorities, meanwhile, said Russian drone strikes hit the Black Sea port of Odesa and caused a fire near a crossing on the border with Poland.
Also on Sunday, a Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after trains carrying Western public figures had passed through, including former CIA Director David Petraeus, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, according to Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s rail operator. Ukrainian authorities said there were no casualties and that passengers had already been evacuated.
The rail company said the intended target may have been a diplomatic train that had left earlier than expected because of schedule changes tied to the constant threat of Russian strikes. CBS News Miami added, citing BBC News, that Johnson, Petraeus and other senior European security advisers had traveled along the same line on their way back from a conference in Kyiv.
Russia said it had struck railway infrastructure in western Ukraine used to transport military cargo from Europe, according to Agence France-Presse.
At the same time, the Kremlin said it is open to restarting peace talks in the autumn involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said October could not be ruled out. The signal followed talks in Moscow between Putin and U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, followed by a meeting with Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
CBS News Miami reported that Kushner said territory remains the main issue dividing the sides and described the mediation challenge as finding a solution that meets Ukraine’s aims while helping bring the war to an end.
Sources
About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
