Trump said Putin had agreed to ‘immediately’ supply US with dieselpublished at 18:33 BST
Image source, Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump had earlier came to blows over Trump’s announcement of a deal to import Russian diesel into the US.
Here’s what we know about that deal:
Trump said on Truth Social that Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately “to the American and global marketplace” followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and a further one million after that.
It is understood that the US Treasury is suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports until 7 April as part of the deal, but other assets like those in American banks are still frozen.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that a further three million tonnes of Russian diesel would be delivered “within a short period”, dependent on the condition of its refineries, which have been attacked by Ukraine.
Putin later said that Russia, which introduced a ban on diesel exports earlier this year, was willing to supply both the US and global markets with oil and petroleum products, but his statement did not specify amounts.
Analysts have questioned whether Russia is capable of providing that quantity of diesel and the extent to which doing so will ease prices for American consumers.
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