Zelenskyy Calls Trump's Russian Diesel Deal 'Very Dangerous' as Aides Offer Differing Explanations
Photo: AxiosUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that President Donald Trump's diesel deal with Russia is very dangerous, as Trump's top aides gave differing explanations of it over the weekend. Trump acted on the matter late Friday. Wright described the deal as an incentive for peace, while Rubio said Russia would sell its diesel anyway. Bipartisan critics have called the move a gift to Russia. Oil, gas and petroleum products help finance Russia's war on Ukraine, and the dispute is opening divisions among Republicans just ahead of the midterm elections.
Left-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing; alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. Right-leaning coverage leads with Zelenskyy's warning in the Daily Caller, and with a Washington Examiner opinion piece arguing Trump's apparent decision cuts Ukraine off from a key deep-strike technology and that his abrupt policy reversals undermine alliances. Axios, the alternative source, centers on the conflicting explanations from Wright and Rubio, the bipartisan criticism and the GOP rifts.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered the story; right sources stress Zelenskyy's warning and criticism of Trump's policy shifts, while alternative sources focus on aides' conflicting explanations and GOP rifts.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
Axios leads with the differing explanations from Wright and Rubio, adding bipartisan criticism, Russia's war financing and Republican divisions before the midterms.
- Washington ExaminerTrump sold out Ukraine for a bad diesel deal. Every ally is watching
The Daily Caller headlines Zelenskyy's warning that the deal is very dangerous. The Washington Examiner's opinion piece criticizes Trump's policy shifts and an apparent cutoff of Ukraine's deep-strike technology.