After a diesel deal with Putin, Trump says Ukraine needs a new president

Summary

Donald Trump announced on Friday 9 October a deal with Vladimir Putin to release Russian diesel, BBC News and the Financial Times reported, saying Russia would immediately supply '300,000 tons of diesel', with millions more to follow, according to Sky News, as US diesel prices have doubled since the war with Iran began in February, BBC News said. A UK Government spokesperson said Britain's position 'could not be clearer' and the UK pledged to maintain pressure on Russia with the 'toughest sanctions regime ever', according to the Manchester Evening News, while experts said the pact was unlikely to make a dent in prices at the pump, according to The Independent. Zelenskyy called the deal a 'gift to Putin', according to The Independent, and Kyiv called the peace talks a 'smokescreen' for it, according to The Guardian, which reported on Saturday 10 October that Zelenskyy accused Washington of helping fund Moscow's war and said Russia had launched deadly strikes on civilians as 'thanks' for the deal. That evening, BBC News reported that Trump said it was 'time for Ukraine to get new president' after Zelenskyy condemned the deal, and Euronews that Trump blamed Zelenskyy for high US diesel prices. On Sunday 11 October, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported that Defence Secretary Streeting said the UK must bring the US and Ukraine 'back together', suggesting, according to The Independent, that Trump struck the deal under pressure from looming mid-term elections.

Latest: Defence Secretary Streeting said the UK must bring the US and Ukraine 'back together' after Trump called for Zelenskyy to be replaced, and Ukraine's foreign minister said Zelenskyy has 'support of the people', according to The Guardian.

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