Volodymyr Zelensky says "there are different rationales behind this decision" on U.S. diesel deal

After President Donald Trump unveiled an agreement letting Russia sell diesel around the world and the U.S. buy 300,000 tons, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had not been warned beforehand, doubted the fuel would make a difference, and suggested the move could have more than one explanation. The announcement came after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner offered Ukraine stronger postwar protections during weekend negotiations in Miami that lasted six hours; participants were reportedly taken aback by the diesel news. A senior European Union official, Bjorn Seibert, said the fuel arrangement stunned participants, according to reports, and a European diplomat rejected the envoys’ account that the offer was intended to nudge Vladimir Putin toward ending the war. No agreement emerged. European leaders criticized Washington, while Trump accused Europe of double standards over its ongoing Russian fuel imports.