Trump says Ukraine and Russia agree to spare each other’s energy targets

Trump says Ukraine and Russia agree to spare each other’s energy targets

Trump claims Kyiv and Moscow will stop striking each other's energy sites, and he blames the Russia-Ukraine war, not Iran, for record diesel prices.

Richard Miniter
First Published: September 14, 2026, 11:12 AM ET

Donald J. Trump said Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop striking each other’s energy targets, and he pinned the world’s rising diesel prices on their war rather than on Iran.