Donald Trump’s effort to halt Ukraine attacks on Russia oil targets seems DOA….
Putin is STILL launching attacks against the Ukraine….
The complaints against ANY American Deal to help a traditional adversary,. who IS bombing civilian cities are GROWING by the Hours across the globe, America included….
Trump is so desperate there are reports that he has threatened to Ukraine that if they do NOT stop attacking Russia?
Trump would move push NATO to stop helping Ukraine, something that NATO countries would HAVE to Refuse and something that the American Congress of Bothe parties ARE already saying they would NOT accept….
To be CLEAR….
Trump’s ‘plan’ would violate at least two Act’s of Congress concerning sanctions AGAINST Russia that Trump says he will violate….
I keep pointing out here that amount of diesel fuel Trump is talking on would have NO effect on US diesel prices which ARE controlled by fuel whole sales (HINT)…
Both sides keep shooting at each other with civilian injuries and deaths in Ukraine….
Ukraine keeps slowly getting back captured territory….
AGAIN?
Trump’s ‘Deal’ does NOT look good for him…
In fact it IS causing a pushback even from his fellow party members in Congress….
President Trump’s announcement Sunday about an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine referred to a potential deal that includes each side stopping attacks on oil refineries — and he expects Volodymyr Zelensky to abide by it, a White House official said.
- The official said if attacks on oil refineries cease, a deal to stop hitting power plants and energy grids could come next.
Why it matters: Trump appears to be singlehandedly trying to will a partial ceasefire into existence. But for now Russia hasn’t accepted any kind of ceasefire — and Ukraine wants one that forbids attacks on power plants.
Reality check: The “refinery for refinery” proposal, as the official dubbed it, is lopsided. A Ukrainian official told Axios that the country has a single oil refinery which the Russians have attacked multiple times and isn’t fully functional. Russia, by contrast, has a vast network of refineries….
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- “The Russians are thinking about” it, the White House official said. “We will know soon if they are ready.”
Case in point: Hours after Trump’s announcement, Russia conducted strikes on power plants in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian media.
What he said: Trump’s Truth Social post sounded at first like a major breakthrough. “Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!” he wrote.
- It appears much more tenuous than that. Zelensky said the announced ceasefire “was news for me.”
State of play: After reaching a deal with Russia Friday to lift diesel sanctions, Trump remains focused on stopping Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries. He believes the strikes are driving up U.S. gas prices.
- White House officials warn that Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries are hurting Zelensky’s relationship with Trump more than they’re damaging Russia.
- “Trump is really mad. He feels Zelensky is taking the U.S. for granted,” the White House official said….
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- On Sunday, the Financial Times reported that the U.S. told European countries it might stop selling weapons to Ukraine through NATO if Ukraine continues to strike Russian refineries….
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle decried the deal, with the Treasury Department stating that it will lift sanctions on Russia to allow the fuel to be released weeks after Trump signed off on further sanctions on Russia with the passage of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act…
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), slammed the deal on Sunday. The lawmakers said the U.S. should not provide Putin with a “financial lifeline while Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians.”
“Congress explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022 to prevent American dollars from financing Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine,” the statement reads. “Congress was clear: the U.S. should not import oil from Russia until it ends its aggression against Ukraine and ceases threats against our NATO Allies.”…..
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How Ukraine uses precision drone strikes to hobble Russian oil refineries
The Moscow refinery attacks were part of a concerted Ukrainian campaign to damage and destroy Russian refineries and other energy infrastructure, a strategy that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said is aimed at bringing the years-long war closer to an end.
The result is the worst fuel crisis in the country since the Soviet Union’s collapse. Major gas companies have limited the amount of fuel customers can buy, and the price of gasoline and diesel have both risen about 20 percent since the beginning of the year, contributing to nationwide inflation.
The military campaign has achieved such disruption in part by targeting critical refinery parts, notably the desalting and distillation units, that sanctions have made increasingly hard to repair, according to a Washington Post examination of satellite imagery and other visuals, as well as interviews with experts and Ukrainian military officials. The strikes on refineries have been aided by rapid advances in drone production and intelligence from allies that helps Ukraine plan and execute the attacks, the experts and officials said….
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“We aim at the most important parts of the oil refinery,” a Ukrainian drone battalion commander said in an interview with The Post. “We don’t need to hit the entire plant. We know where to hit so that it stops and does not recover.” He spoke on the condition that he be identified only by his call sign, Tango, in keeping with military rules.
The day after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the European Union banned the export of atmospheric-vacuum distillation and secondary processing equipment to Russia as part of a sweeping sanctions package. The United States followed days later and restricted export licenses for the same components, effectively banning their sale to Russia.
Those sanctions make it difficult for Moscow to obtain the parts necessary to repair units struck by Ukraine,…
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By the end of August this year, half of Russia’s total refining capacity had been knocked offline, more than twice the amount that was offline in late 2025, according to S&P Global Energy. As of early August, the volume of refined exports had fallen to half the volume at the same time in 2025, according to S&P….
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In addition to targeting refineries, scores of other Ukrainian strikes this year have damaged fuel storage tanks and pumping and pipeline infrastructure across the country, making the transportation of fuel more difficult even as it becomes more limited,….
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ISW….Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 11, 2026
- US President Donald Trump unilaterally announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an “energy ceasefire” on October 11. Neither Russia nor Ukraine has officially announced or recognized an energy ceasefire as of this writing.
- Some Russian milbloggers questioned the veracity of the energy ceasefire that Trump announced.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed his willingness to hold elections in Ukraine in accordance with Ukraine’s constitution, which would require a comprehensive ceasefire.
- The Kremlin continues to demonstrate its commitment to continuing the war, thereby denying Ukraine the prerequisite ceasefire necessary to hold elections.
- Russia deliberately leverages Ukraine’s constitutional inability to hold elections due to Russia’s war to manipulate the negotiations process and protract the war. Russia can enable Ukraine to hold elections at any point by agreeing to a ceasefire that the United States and Ukraine have offered numerous times.
- The Russian government partially lifted its internally imposed ban on Russian diesel fuel exports on October 10. However, Russia’s ability to supply and deliver the quantities of diesel fuel within the timeframe to which Russia and the United States agreed remains unclear.
- Ukrainian forces are conducting a targeted long-range strike campaign against Russian data centers to degrade Russia’s telecommunications and digital infrastructure and deny Russia the ability to fund its war in Ukraine.
- An unidentified, likely Russian drone entered Moldovan airspace on the evening of October 10, as Russia continues to normalize its increasing violations of European airspace.
- Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike against the Sochi Airport overnight on October 10 to 11. Russia launched 116 drones against Ukraine overnight.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced in northern Sumy Oblast and in the Velykyi Burluk direction.
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