Trump says Russian diesel coming "to the American and global marketplace"

President Donald Trump announced an agreement to bring Russian diesel into the United States, saying Vladimir Putin had agreed to ship 300,000 tonnes immediately, 500,000 tonnes in November and a million more afterward, with three million additional tonnes possible depending on the state of Russia's refineries. The Treasury suspended sanctions on Russian diesel exports through 7 April while other assets stay frozen. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the arrangement, saying it benefited Moscow and backed a conflict that should be stopped rather than extended. Analysts questioned whether Russia can deliver such volumes or lower US pump prices; Quilter Cheviot's Tim Armitage called the quantities relatively small. The move comes as Trump seeks to ease fuel costs driven up by the Iran war ahead of the midterms, and follows Ukrainian strikes that cut Russian diesel output.