Backlash over Trump's diesel deal: Meloni, US senators and draft EU summit conclusions; Zelensky: "painful when Trump chooses not our side"
Place: Rome, Brussels, WashingtonRegion: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Ukrainian and independent sources are uniformly critical of the deal; Russian sources in the sample do not cover these reactions.
What Russia reports
no reports found
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told the Senate that the capitulation of those defending their freedom cannot be called peace. According to Suspilne, in the draft EU summit conclusions leaders will express "regret" over the US decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel and call for further pressure on Russia.
“Ніхто мене не переконає, що капітуляцію тих, хто захищає свою свободу, можна назвати миром.”
“Європейська рада закликає до швидкого та ефективного впровадження заходів щодо колишніх російських комбатантів”
- "Капітуляція України — це не мир": Мелоні зробила заяву щодо війни — Suspilne, 14 October, 13:34
- ЛІдери ЄС висловлять «жаль» щодо рішення США скасувати санкції на дизель з РФ — Suspilne, 14 October, 15:11
What independent sources report
automatic summary Kyiv Independent writes that a bipartisan group of US senators demanded the deal be rescinded, calling it a gift to the adversary, and Meloni called it "very risky"; Zelensky told Piers Morgan that Ukraine is losing a strong partner. 75 MEPs urged the EU to make no concessions to Russia, and, according to Kyiv Independent, Hungary and Bulgaria watered down wording on Ukraine's EU accession. DW experts say the deal is unlikely to lower diesel prices.
“This deal is a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our Allies; it should be rescinded”
“It's painful when President Trump chooses one side, not our side”
- US senators urge Trump to drop Russian diesel deal, use Graham's sanctions law — Kyiv Independent, 14 October, 10:25
- Zelensky says he feels betrayed over Trump-Russia deal — Kyiv Independent, 14 October, 18:59
- Trump's diesel deal with Russia unlikely to bring down fuel prices — DW, 14 October, 16:15
- Trump's diesel deal 'legitimizes Moscow' while it bombs Ukraine, Italy's Meloni says — Kyiv Independent, 14 October, 17:24
- Draft EU summit conclusions reveal what leaders will and will not say on Ukraine — Kyiv Independent, 14 October, 18:20
- The Guardian view on Trump’s deal with Putin: grim and grubby, but not gamechanging — The Guardian, 14 October, 19:30
- How Trump's diesel deal with Russia will impact the US and Ukraine — DW, 14 October, 19:55
- 75 евродепутатов призвали ЕС не идти на уступки РФ и поддерживать Киев — DW (RU), 14 October, 21:18
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