
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an energy truce with Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are set to meet in New York on Tuesday to discuss air defense support, an energy truce with Russia, and ending the conflict.
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Trump and Zelenskyy are meeting at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the ongoing conflict and energy infrastructure targets.
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to pressure his Ukrainian counterpart to agree to an energy truce with Russia in a high-stakes meeting on Tuesday, saying that Moscow has "unfortunately lost control" of its diesel oil industry due to the war.
Trump is set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, in a rare sit-down meeting of the two leaders at a high-level event.
The pair are poised to discuss further air defense support for Kyiv ahead of winter, Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and how to bring an end to the more than four-and-a-half-year conflict.
In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump said "a large number" of Russian diesel oil refineries had been "blown up" and were, at least temporarily, out of commission, without providing further details.
"This ridiculous and never ending War with Ukraine must be ended. The whole World suffers as 25,000 people, mostly soldiers, are being killed each month. What a shame!" Trump said.
A spokesperson for Russia's Embassy in London was not immediately available to comment when contacted by CNBC.
Trump has previously called on Zelenskyy to stop targeting Russian oil refineries with drone strikes, which he says are "hurting the world" as fuel supply disruptions from the Ukraine and Iran wars propel U.S. diesel prices to a record high.
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Trump and Zelenskyy will meet on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly.
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