Trump struck diesel deal with Putin after Zelensky ignored request to stop attacks on Russian refineries, says US official

Washington, Oct 10 (UNI) US President Donald Trump decided to strike a diesel supply deal with Russia after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ignored repeated US requests to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, a US official with direct knowledge of the matter told Axios. The decision has triggered fresh tensions between Washington and Kyiv, threatening to undermine the Trump administration's latest diplomatic push to end the war. "Zelensky is misreading the room. By continuing to hit refineries, he is eroding the goodwill that he has built with Trump over the last six months," the US official said. Zelensky, who criticised the…