Trump announces a diesel deal with Putin as the UK pledges to maintain pressure on Russia

Summary

Donald Trump announced on Friday 9 October a deal with Vladimir Putin to release Russian diesel, BBC News and the Financial Times reported, and after a phone call with Putin he said Russia would immediately supply '300,000 tons of diesel', with millions more to follow, according to Sky News. Diesel prices in the US have doubled since the war with Iran began in February, putting pressure on Republicans ahead of the midterms, BBC News said, and Euronews noted that the US has not imported Russian oil or gas since 2022, when the Biden administration banned them because of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A UK Government spokesperson said Britain's position 'could not be clearer', as the UK pledged to 'maintain pressure on Russia', with the 'toughest sanctions regime ever' according to the Manchester Evening News. According to The Guardian, the agreement put Trump on a fresh collision course with a furious Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies, Kyiv called the peace talks a 'smokescreen' for the deal, and Democrats called it a betrayal of Ukraine.

Latest: The UK pledged to maintain pressure on Russia with the 'toughest sanctions regime ever', while Kyiv called the peace talks a 'smokescreen' for the deal, according to The Guardian.

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