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The president said Russia has agreed to supply large amounts of the fuel, marking a major policy shift that eases U.S. Trump's announcement on Friday also came as US, Ukrainian and European officials were due to hold talks in Miami in a fresh diplomatic effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- The president said Russia has agreed to supply large amounts of the fuel, marking a major policy shift that eases U.S. pressure on Moscow in hopes of lowering fuel prices ahead of the midterms.S1
- Trump's announcement on Friday also came as US, Ukrainian and European officials were due to hold talks in Miami in a fresh diplomatic effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Moscow, which launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, occupies roughly one-...S2
- Americans have seen their fuel costs rocket following Trump’s war in IranS3
- President Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.S4
- Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to release 300,000 tons of diesel immediately and millions more over the coming months.S5
- Diesel prices in the US have doubled since the war with Iran began in February, putting pressure on Republicans ahead of the midterms.S6
- Pact between Washington and Moscow comes just weeks before critical midterm elections in the USS7
- Russia will supply diesel to global markets in a bid to lower prices, US President Donald Trump has said. The move reverses years of pressure on the Russian economy following the invasion of Ukraine.S8
