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.

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

WASHINGTON D.C. — 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.

The post frames the reciprocal pledge as a de-escalation between the two combatants, whose four-year conflict has removed a large share of Russia n refining from global markets. Trump did not detail terms, timing, or how the arrangement would be verified.

Trump used his own truthsocial account to make the claim and did not cite a signed document or a joint statement from either government.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russia n Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do, likewise! The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran. President DJT” on September 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM ET.

This is Trump’s 2nd message released today, and the last post was 1 hour ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 71 of his 578 posts over the last 30 days classified as Foreign Policy posts.

The war has hammered the fuel that moves the economy. An estimated 40% of Russia‘s oil-refining infrastructure is now offline, and Russia has cut off its diesel exports, removing about 3% of daily global diesel supplies from markets according to fortune. The average price of diesel in the U.S. reached an all-time high of $5.85 per gallon, according to fortune.

President Donald J. Trump stated that Ukraine and Russia agreed to spare each other's energy targets in Washington D.C.

Truckers in the U.S. are paying an average of $5.85 a gallon nationwide, a nearly 60% increase over the same period last year when diesel cost $3.71 a gallon according to cnbc. In California, diesel costs $7.70 per gallon, almost $2 a gallon more than the national average according to cnbc. The wars have shut down refineries with about 5 million barrels per day of capacity according to cnbc.

Russia has long been the world’s second-largest exporter of diesel fuel after the United States according to NBC News. Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia’s oil refineries have cut into the country’s diesel production, and Russia extended a diesel export ban through the end of September according to nbcnews. That abrupt exit from the export market has been a boon for U.S. refiners, whose products now fetch higher prices, and America’s total diesel exports hit an all-time high last month according to nbcnews.

The pledge Trump described would matter to households far from the front line. For U.S. consumers, high diesel prices are likely to translate into higher costs for virtually any goods they purchase, since diesel powers most major freight transport according to NBC News. Rising supply-chain costs increase the price of groceries, household goods, and deliveries Americans rely on every day according to fortune.

Trump’s post separates the two conflicts that markets have watched. The escalation of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran in late February 2026 sent fuel prices rising sharply worldwide, with U.S. diesel up by just over 48 percent between late February and early May according to statista. Trump’s message argues the Russia–Ukraine war, not Iran, now drives the diesel spike.