Ukraine's president calls for a change, calls for halt to refinery attack, criticizes 'affecting U.S. farmers' - Trump

US President Donald Trump on the 10th criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for continuing to attack Russian oil refineries, saying, ``It's time for a new president.'' He spoke to reporters at the White House. As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Trump's public criticism of Zelensky is likely to heighten concerns that U.S.-Ukraine relations will worsen again.

Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the 9th to begin supplying Russian-produced diesel oil to the United States and international markets in an effort to curb soaring diesel oil prices. The U.S. government announced that it would ease some sanctions against Russia in order to make this happen, and Zelenskyy objected that he was only helping Russia finance its war effort.

Trump claimed that attacks on oil refineries by the Ukrainian military had caused a global diesel oil shortage, and that "Zelenskyy wants to cause problems for our farmers and ranchers." He then explained that he had carried out the attack despite telling Zelenskiy not to attack oil refineries, and demanded that he "just stop."

He added that Zelenskiy had numerous opportunities to end the conflict but failed to do so. "I propose that we bring in a new leader who can come to an agreement," he said.