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Talks between Ukraine and US in Miami have ended early: Ukrainian delegation is leaving US, - media
Talks between the Ukrainian and American delegations in Miami have ended prematurely following Donald Trump’s decision to grant Russia a temporary licence to supply diesel to the global market. The Ukrainian delegation is leaving the US.
This was reported on social media platform X by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alex Raufoglu, according to Censor.NET.
"The talks in Miami have ended earlier than planned. ‘There won’t be a second day,’ my sources tell me," he writes.
What led up to this?
- On 9 October, US President Donald Trump stated that he had held talks with Russian dictator Putin, with whom he had agreed on the supply of diesel fuel from Russia to US and global markets.
- According to him, Russia will "immediately" supply over 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets, a further 500,000 tonnes in November, and another million tonnes "immediately afterwards".
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The US Treasury Department announced that, on Trump’s instructions, the Office of Foreign Assets Control is immediately issuing a temporary general licence to permit the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the global market.
- In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia’s authorisation to sell petroleum products as an "investment in war" and called on the US to hold firm talks with Moscow and impose sanctions under the Lindsey Graham Act.
- It should be recalled that, against the backdrop of Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, the Russian authorities have repeatedly extended the ban on diesel fuel exports until at least the end of October.
- The US President has publicly stated that Ukraine must cease its strikes on the Russian energy sector, as this, he claims, is leading to a diesel fuel shortage. According to him, the shortage has arisen precisely because of the war in Ukraine, and not because of the US war against Iran.
- Similar statements have been made by other US politicians. For instance, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Ukrainian strikes on the Russian energy sector were leading to an energy crisis. He cited the war with Iran as the second cause of the crisis.
