Trump Urges Ukraine to Halt Russian Refinery Strikes

On Sept. 13, 2026, in Doonbeg, Ireland, President Donald Trump told reporters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia. Speaking on the sidelines of the Irish Open at his golf club after U.S. diesel prices hit a record past $6 a gallon, Trump said he had spoken with Zelenskyy, that Ukraine has plenty of other targets, and that diesel strikes are hurting the world. Russia banned diesel exports in July; an IEA report said Gulf diesel and gasoil net exports in August were just over a quarter of pre-war-on-Iran levels. Overnight, two civilians died and 14 were injured in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, when a drone hit a tree near a parked car. Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence claimed drones hit a key processing unit and tank farm at a Slavyansk-on-Kuban refinery, causing a large fire. Krasnodar authorities reported three injured and oil-pipeline damage without confirming that scale. Russia said it shot down 389 Ukrainian drones; Ukraine said it shot down or suppressed 409 Russian drones. Russian drones injured at least nine in Odesa after a Saturday high-rise strike there killed two and injured 26. A drone set fire to a gas station near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk crossing with Poland; officials said the crossing was intact and no one was harmed. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called the strikes Putin’s terror at EU and NATO gates. Kyiv says Russia’s oil industry funds the war; Trump tied the strikes to global fuel pain.