Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday (October 16, 2026) condemned U.S.
President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia, called Moscow’s stance a “parody” of peace negotiations, and welcomed the prospect of a greater role in talks for European allies he called “real leaders.”
Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery southeast of Moscow on Thursday (October 15, 2026), after Mr. Putin struck a hawkish and confident tone in addressing senior commanders on the need for security zones, in response to Ukraine’s 2024-25 incursion into Russia’s western Kursk region. Trump had announced.
Mr. Mr. Musk’s Starlink satellite service, an important element of defence against Russian strikes. Mr. Zelenskiy, despite the latest exchange of barbs with the Ukrainian leader. Zelenskiy declared that Kyiv was abandoning the energy ceasefire that Mr. The U.S. diesel deal with Russia angered Ukraine and its European allies. It sends a negative signal. It is an element of division and doubt. Mr. Zelenskiy accused Mr. Putin of not being interested in any sort of peace talks. “He’s playing with words, claiming they respond… Quite simply, it looks like a parody of a genuine desire to end the war. Mr.
Zelenskiy told a European Union summit in Brussels that Russia did not want peace. Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing a military uniform during a visit to a command post, said Moscow was establishing a “security zone” inside Ukraine along the border, a move he deemed non-negotiable in any future talks with Kyiv. Trump said he believed neither he nor Elon Musk was responsible for Ukraine losing access this week to Mr. Trump said he had a good relationship with Mr. French President Emmanuel Macron said the deal “is not good for anyone. “Putin does not want peace talks at the moment, in any form,” he said. “Our goal is to ensure the absolute security of Russia’s border regions for the future, and we do not plan to make this a subject for potential peace negotiations with Ukraine,” he said, in comments broadcast on Russian television. The Kremlin said last week that Ukraine had undermined the possibility of an immediate resumption of peace talks after it hit Moscow with drones during last month’s Russian parliamentary election.
