“After Zelensky ignored the request, Trump decided to do a diesel deal with Putin.”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jae-woo = U.S. media reported on the 9th (local time) that U.S. President Donald Trump decided to sign a diesel supply deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ignored America's repeated demands to stop attacks on Russian oil refineries.

A U.S. official told the online media Axios that President Trump had asked Ukraine six times to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, but the request was not accepted.

This official claimed, “Zelensky is misreading the situation,” and added, “By continuing to attack oil facilities, he is damaging the friendly relationship he has built with Trump over the past six months.”

Ukraine has intensively attacked Russian oil refineries over the past few months, causing an energy crisis in Russia. Russia responded by banning diesel exports, which placed additional burden on the international diesel market, which had become unstable due to the war with Iran.

President Zelensky conveyed to the United States his position that he would stop attacking Russian oil refineries if Russia stopped attacking Ukrainian power plants.

However, U.S. officials explained that President Trump requested an end to Ukraine's attacks on the grounds that they were affecting fuel price increases in the United States.

After a phone call with President Putin that day, President Trump announced that Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S. and global markets, 500,000 tons in November, and 1 million tons immediately thereafter.

President Zelenskyy objected to the deal, saying it was "neither fair nor honest" and an unfair gift to President Putin.

Officials from the United States, Ukraine, major European countries, the European Union (EU), and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) broadly discussed ways to end the war in Miami, USA.

According to foreign media outlets such as AFP, President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff told X after the meeting, "We discussed constructively ways to ease and end the war with Russia ahead of winter."

According to U.S. officials, the meeting detailed security measures to be provided to Ukraine by the U.S., Europe, and NATO after the end of the war, and also discussed new proposals to resolve territorial issues.

Also discussed were Ukraine's roadmap for joining the EU, relations with NATO after the war, and plans to build a new security system that can be accepted by both Europe and Russia.

According to U.S. officials, Witkoff and Kushner are considering visiting Moscow and Kiev next week to discuss plans for ending the war.

However, while Russia demands control of the entire Donbass in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine refuses to cede territory, so the prospects for negotiations are unclear.

In this situation, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that if the deadlock in the previous negotiations continues, it could easily lead to an expansion of the war.

The day before, in Lisbon, Portugal, he expressed concern about the possibility that the war in Ukraine could spread to neighboring NATO member countries, saying, “Another way to end the stalemate is through escalation.”

“We do not believe there is a military solution to this conflict,” Rubio said, emphasizing the need for a diplomatic solution.