Europe criticized Trump-Putin diesel deal

US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend sanctions on Russian diesel fuel and simplify its supply to the world market was a mistake. The head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, wrote about this on her page in X.

“Now is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do so,” she promised, emphasizing that revenue from fuel sales would give Moscow additional funds to continue fighting.

She recalled the consequences of intensifying attacks on Ukraine and noted that on October 12, EU foreign ministers should approve the “largest package” of sanctions against the Russian military-industrial complex.

The day before, Trump, after a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that he had reached an agreement to supply 300 thousand tons of diesel fuel to the world and American markets in October, 500 thousand in November and a million immediately after that.

On the same day, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a general license, which, until April 7, 2027, allows the sale, delivery, unloading and import of diesel fuel of Russian origin, including its import into the United States.