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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maira Butt

Trump ‘blindsided’ his own Ukraine peace envoys by agreeing diesel deal with Putin: report

The United States promised Ukraine extra post-war security guarantees just before Donald Trump agreed to lift sanctions on Russia for diesel exports and upended the negotiations, according to reports.

Volodymyr Zelensky has been emphatic about the need for security assurances in any deal agreed with Vladimir Putin amid concerns that Moscow is already ignoring a supposed energy ceasefire announced by Trump earlier this week.

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