DOONBEG.- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, He indicated this Sunday that he warned the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, to stop attacking refineries in Russia because it is causing shortages.
“Zelensky only has one thing to do, he must stop attacking diesel in Russia. Let him attack targets, but not diesel fuel, because it is causing a diesel shortage,” Trump told reporters during a visit to Ireland.
The Republican president asserted: “This is not caused by the Middle East, “This is caused by what is happening with Russia and Ukraine.”
Trump’s statements came during a day focused on golf and promoting his business interests, on the second and final day of his visit to Ireland, during which he defended reunification.
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Ukrainian presidential spokesman Kirilo Budanov indicated on Saturday that the main Russian hydrocarbon company, Gazprom, went from being worth $270 billion 20 years ago to being worth about $30 billion.
“The impact is quite serious,” he noted.
Ukraine has used drones and projectiles to attack the Russian oil industry to try to create logistical problems for Moscow’s war machine, with devices that have increasingly greater range.
In recent months, kyiv has intensified its attacks against Russia and the territories occupied by Moscow, targeting especially to logistics warehouses and oil and port facilities.
In late August, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was preparing “massive attacks” against “energy sector facilities” in Ukraine, amid intensifying offensives by both countries.
Last winter, Russia multiplied its bombings against Ukrainian power plants, devastating the country’s energy sector and at times plunging millions of people into the cold and darkness.
