Former US President Donald Trump recently claimed to have negotiated an "energy truce" between Russia and Ukraine, aimed at stopping strikes on energy infrastructure on both sides and facilitating the delivery of Russian diesel to the United States. This announcement, made "on Saturday during a rally in Clarksville (Tennessee)" according to hbvl.be, comes "before the midterm elections" where high fuel prices are a major political issue for the Republican Party. Trump notably blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the rise in diesel prices in the United States, stating that he should "stop" hitting Russian refineries better and that it was "time for Ukraine to have a new president" (hbvl.be, themoscowtimes.com).
The main divergence concerns the very existence of an "energy truce" between Russia and Ukraine, as announced by Trump. Western (regional, center-left) and Dissident (center-left, radical) sources report Trump's announcement but strongly emphasize the Ukrainian denial and the lack of logic in this agreement. Eastern/Southern sources (communist/pro-government, liberal,...
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