Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.

Ukraine’s long-range strikes have been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry for months, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of its neighbor.

The Ukrainian drone campaign has caused fuel rationing across Russia, despite the country being a key oil and gas exporter. Other Ukrainian strikes targeted major Russian online retailers, bringing the war ever closer to the public.

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    Stop or what? You’ll pull all aid? You’ll pressure Ukraine to surrender to the Russians?

    Oh wait, you’ve already done that.

    Get fucked, Russian puppet Trump.

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      It is great to get confirmation that it has the intended effect from putins lap dog himself though

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    Strange because Russian could stop it themselves… very simply.

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    saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage

    that’s about all the motivation the need to go on

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    Oh now he’s suddenly concerned lmao.

    Funny, he didn’t seem concerned when fucking the Hormuz Strait and then lifting oil sanctions for Putin to sell off oil at a premium.

    Hope Ukraine doubles their strike rate.

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      Funny, he didn’t seem concerned when fucking the Hormuz Strait and then lifting oil sanctions for Putin to sell off oil at a premium.

      That’s because increasing the price of oil so Russia could sell at a premium was a nice side effect of attacking Iran, if not part of the main reasons in the first place. It wouldn’t surprise me if documents declassified decades down the line reveal that was a primary reason for attacking Iran alongside doing whatever Israel wants.

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    This was the funniest bit :

    The global shortage “isn’t done by the ​Middle East, ⁠this is done by what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine,” Trump added.

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      Lol this is all Zelensky’s fault! If only they would let Russia win. What a pathetic pos trump is

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      Unfortunately he could have a colouring book with crayons and still not be in any element he’s qualified for.

      Oh this is the guy slightly half of actual participating voters in that country voted for too. Though I do think there’s a good chance not all totals were valid, every fucking swing state? Even their God Reagan didn’t get that blowout, but whatever their system that they decided to fuck over the world with. Good luck on any deals once the orange turd has been flushed.

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    Trump calls on US to halt strikes on Iranian oil, saying attacks are causing a shortage.

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    Instead of calling on Russia to end the war which would also stop the attacks and have the benefit of stopping the fucking killing of families and shit