Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday (October 11, 2026) that only Russia was responsible for the war in his country.
He said Ukraine would halt strikes on Russian oil refineries if Moscow stopped hitting Ukraine’s energy grid, after U.S. President Donald Trump blamed him for high diesel prices and said it was time for Ukraine to get a new leader.
Trump’s comments, writing on X late on Saturday (October 10) that Mr. Donald Trump said on Saturday (October 10) it was time for Ukraine to get a new president, suggesting Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war and blaming him for high diesel prices in the U.S. The U.S. president, who on Friday (October 9) struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to buy diesel from Russia in an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the US midterm elections, has been urging Mr.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha pushed back on Mr. Zelenskyy was leading the country through a war for its independence. “He has the support of the Ukrainian people, and they have the right to decide. Statements from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well,” Mr. Sybiha wrote. Zelenskyy for weeks to stop strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.
“It is possible to stop strikes on energy infrastructure as early as today, but Putin does not want to do so,” he said, adding that any de-escalation must be reciprocal and backed by real guarantees. “I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Mr. Trump said.
Ukraine strikes third data centre in four days
A Ukrainian drone attack shut down a data centre run by Russian technology giant Yandex, the company said on Sunday (October 11), the third strike on its facilities in four days as Kyiv widens its campaign against infrastructure deep inside Russia. “President Zelenskyy said 23 people were killed in the attack, including four children. More than 30 people were wounded,” Mr.
Fedorov said, “eight of whom remain hospitalised.”
