"Zelenski accuses Trump of "totally false" statements Ukrainian leader stated that the U.S. president is "a distraction" from the heart of the case and wrongly blames Kiev – due to attacks on Russian refineries – for rising global diesel prices."

U.S. president Donald Trump made “totally false” claims, blaming Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries for the emergence in diesel prices in America," said Volodymyr Zelenski, accusing Trump of trying to “retract attention from Iran”.

Zelenski's message fell in the face of an expanding dispute with Trump, who repeatedly accused Kiev of exacerbating the global energy crisis by continuing attacks on Russian oil infrastructure.

Russia has historically been the world's second largest exporter of diesel, giving way only to the United States and accounting for about 10% of its global exports.

Distortions in Russian supplies have led to a tightening of the global market, which has caused price increases even in countries that do not import fuel straight from Russia – including the US.

"The volume of Russian diesel exports is so insignificant that it has no impact on US prices.

This is totally false information” – stated Ukrainian leader on Thursday episode of podcast "The Diary of a CEO"led by Steven Bartlett.

If Trump cares so much about energy prices in the US, then “Why do American companies export energy?” – asked rhetorically Zelenski.

"Well, how would the president of the United States ban private sector exports?... They sell, and money flows.”

Zelenski accused Trump of being unfair "retraction from Iran" and regretted that “Everything falls on us and I, as the leader of our country, become the target.”

According to Zelenski “The origin of the problem” lies in the Ormuz Strait, where oil exports and another maritime movements fell drastically after the start of an American-Israeli military run against Iran in February.

At the beginning of this month, Zelenski besides criticised – as he said – ‘weak decision’ Trump administration, consisting of the temporary abolition of sanctions on Russian diesel exports to mitigate the global fuel crisis.

Moscow agreed to immediately deliver more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and the planet market, followed by another 500,000 tonnes in November, 1 million tonnes shortly after, and a possible 3 million tonnes – depending on the refinery's processing capacity.

Washington made an agreement with Moscow after Zelenski repeatedly ignored Trump's request to halt attacks on Russian refineries.

“We said: you can do whatever you want with Russia, but don’t hit the refineries due to the fact that it causes global problems” – the president of the United States reported at the beginning of this month.

“What does he do? Takes and hits fuel infrastructure’ – lamented Trump, accusing Zelenski of wanting "making problems for the world".

Trump besides stated that it was harder for him to communicate with Zelenski than with Russian president Vladimir Putin, suggesting that Ukraine should have a fresh leader who would not impede Washington's mediation efforts.

The increase in fuel prices has become an increasingly serious interior problem for Trump in the context of the supplementary elections to be held on 3 November.

In September, US diesel prices reached a evidence level, exceeding $6.50 a gallon, and in any parts of California this price exceeded as much as $8.

Russian abroad Minister Sergei Lavrow said last week that Zelenski openly opposes Trump, rejecting an agreement to mitigate the global diesel shortage.

In fresh months, faced with constant failures at the front, Ukraine has intensified long-range attacks on targets within Russia, including civilian and energy infrastructure.

Moscow condemned these attacks, calling them acts of terrorism, and responded with attacks on Ukrainian military-related facilities.

Translated by Google Translator

source:https://rt-english.com/news/647593-zelensky-trump-totally-false/