Trump calls on Ukraine to replace Zelenskyy amid clash over Russia deal在俄美协议冲突之际，特朗普呼吁乌克兰更换泽连斯基。
US leader suggests Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war amid tensions with Kyiv over a diesel deal with Russia.
US leader suggests Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war amid tensions with Kyiv over a diesel deal with Russia.
Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House [File: Eric Lee/Reuters]
United States President Donald Trump has called on Ukraine to replace Volodymyr Zelenskyy, lashing out at the Ukrainian president for strikes on Russian oil refineries that have contributed to high global diesel prices.
The criticism on Saturday came as relations between the US and Ukraine deteriorate over Trump’s diesel supply deal with Russia.
list 1 of 3 Russia kills 20 in Ukraine as US hosts ‘productive’ talks to end war
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list 3 of 3 Why is US turning to Russia for diesel despite sanctions?
The steep rise in global diesel prices, which followed the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran, has become a political liability for Trump’s Republican Party ahead of next month’s midterm elections, when opposition Democrats could gain control of one or both houses of Congress.
“I think it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president,” Trump told reporters at the White House, saying Zelenskyy had hurt global diesel supplies with strikes on Russian refineries.
“He wants to make problems for our farmers, our ranchers, with diesel fuel because Russia supplies a large portion of the diesel fuel throughout the world.”
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha defended Zelenskyy in a post on X.
“He has the support of the Ukrainian people, and they have the right to decide,” Sybiha wrote. “Statements from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well. He deserves support.”
Trump, who has been urging Zelenskyy to stop attacking Russian energy infrastructure for weeks, struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to buy diesel from Russia in an attempt to reduce high fuel prices.
The deal marked a stunning reversal of years of Washington’s pressure on Russia over its war with Ukraine.
Trump has also sought to blame record-high US diesel prices on Ukraine rather than the US-led war in Iran, which has elevated world energy prices.
Mass casualty attacks
The deal drew a furious reaction from Zelenskyy, who said it had emboldened Moscow. He linked the US lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel with a Russian attack on Saturday that killed 20 people, including three children, in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia.
“Today, Russia said thank you for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia,” Zelenskyy said.
“Last night provided yet more confirmation that Russia perceives any easing of pressure as a signal that it can supposedly keep fighting, that it can supposedly keep dropping bombs on cities. Different signals are needed.”
The Zaporizhzhia assault was the third mass-casualty attack on Ukraine this week.
Nearly 80 civilians were killed in Russian strikes on Wednesday and Thursday, including at least 30 killed by a bomb in the eastern garrison city of Kramatorsk and 22 others by a missile in the town of Pryluky, about 130 km (80 miles) east of Kyiv.
Trump’s announcement about the diesel deal was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed last month aimed at clamping down on the oil and gas revenues that fuel the war against Ukraine.
He announced the deal amid talks between Ukrainian and European officials with US negotiators in Miami on Friday, which were aimed at developing a common proposal for ending the war, according to the Reuters news agency.
In his remarks at the White House, Trump criticised Zelenskyy over the lack of a peace deal, while demanding an end to Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy facilities.
“I said to him, ‘Do what you want. Don’t hit refineries. There’s plenty of targets. Don’t hit refineries.’ And he went out and he hit,” Trump said. “He better damn well stop.”
“I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals, but for some reason he never does,” he added.
The diesel deal was criticised by US lawmakers, including one of Trump’s fellow Republicans, Representative Don Bacon, who said it was time to apply more sanctions that Congress had recently passed, not lift them.
Ukraine’s European allies have also expressed dismay at the Russian deal and said they stood by their commitment to sanctions.
The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he spoke with Zelenskyy on Saturday and said London would strengthen its sanctions on Russia, according to a Downing Street spokesperson.
Zelenskyy meanwhile said every additional billion dollars Russia earns from exports would help pay for weapons components, drone upgrades, missile production and the recruitment of mercenaries, and that Moscow would only be ready to stop when its ability to fight diminished.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine was coordinating steps to counter the extra revenue Russia will receive and that he had spoken to French President Emmanuel Macron about shoring up air defences, warning of an increased risk of further missile strikes in the coming days.
He also said he had discussed the developments with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and that Ukraine would receive ammunition in the coming days for the F-16s used to intercept Shahed drones.
由于与俄罗斯的柴油交易问题导致基辅方面关系紧张，美国领导人暗示泽连斯基在结束战争方面做得不够。
唐纳德·特朗普在白宫向媒体发表讲话 [图片：Eric Lee/路透社]
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普呼吁乌克兰撤换弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基，抨击这位乌克兰总统袭击俄罗斯炼油厂，导致全球柴油价格高企。
周六的批评声四起，正值美国与乌克兰的关系因特朗普与俄罗斯达成的柴油供应协议而恶化之际。
列表 1/3：俄罗斯在乌克兰造成 20 人死亡，与此同时美国主持了旨在结束战争的“富有成效”的会谈
普京告诉特朗普和平谈判不太可能，并提及乌克兰无人机袭击事件（共3条，此为第2条）
问题 3（共 3 题）：尽管受到制裁，美国为何仍转向俄罗斯进口柴油？
继美以对伊朗发动战争之后，全球柴油价格急剧上涨，这已成为特朗普所在的共和党在下个月中期选举前的政治包袱，届时反对派民主党人可能会控制国会的一院或两院。
“我认为乌克兰是时候选出一位新总统了，”特朗普在白宫告诉记者，称泽连斯基袭击俄罗斯炼油厂损害了全球柴油供应。
“他想利用柴油燃料给我们的农民和牧场主制造麻烦，因为俄罗斯供应了全世界很大一部分柴油燃料。”
乌克兰外交部长安德烈·西比哈在 X 网站上发帖为泽连斯基辩护。
“他得到了乌克兰人民的支持，他们有权做出决定，”西比哈写道。“来自国外的声明只是证实他工作出色。他理应得到支持。”
特朗普数周以来一直敦促泽连斯基停止攻击俄罗斯能源基础设施，周五他与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京达成协议，从俄罗斯购买柴油，以期降低高昂的燃料价格。
这项协议标志着华盛顿多年来对俄罗斯就其与乌克兰的战争所施加的压力发生了惊人的逆转。
特朗普还试图将美国柴油价格创历史新高归咎于乌克兰，而不是美国领导的伊朗战争，而正是这场战争推高了世界能源价格。
大规模伤亡袭击
这项协议激起了泽连斯基的强烈反应，他称其助长了莫斯科的气焰。他将美国解除对俄罗斯柴油的制裁与周六发生在乌克兰扎波罗热市的俄罗斯袭击事件联系起来，该袭击造成20人死亡，其中包括3名儿童。
泽连斯基说：“今天，俄罗斯向扎波罗热的居民楼投掷了五枚滑翔炸弹，以此感谢美国解除对柴油出口的制裁。”
“昨晚的事件进一步证实，俄罗斯将任何压力缓解都视为可以继续战斗、可以继续轰炸城市的信号。我们需要的是不同的信号。”
扎波罗热袭击事件是本周乌克兰发生的第三起造成大量人员伤亡的袭击事件。
周三和周四，俄罗斯的空袭造成近 80 名平民丧生，其中包括在东部驻军城市克拉马托尔斯克被炸弹炸死的至少 30 人，以及在基辅以东约 130 公里（80 英里）的普里卢基镇被导弹炸死的 22 人。
特朗普宣布柴油交易的消息与他上个月签署的旨在遏制俄罗斯石油和天然气收入的全面制裁法形成了鲜明对比，这些收入正是对乌克兰战争的资金来源。
据路透社报道，他是在周五乌克兰和欧洲官员与美国谈判代表在迈阿密举行会谈期间宣布这项协议的，会谈旨在制定结束战争的共同方案。
特朗普在白宫发表讲话时，批评泽连斯基未能达成和平协议，同时要求乌克兰停止对俄罗斯能源设施的袭击。
“我对他说，‘你想干什么就干什么。别袭击炼油厂。目标多的是。别袭击炼油厂。’结果他出去就袭击了，”特朗普说。“他最好赶紧住手。”
“我建议他们换个能达成协议的新领导人，因为他本来可以达成很多协议，但不知为何他总是不这么做，”他补充道。
柴油车交易遭到了美国议员的批评，其中包括特朗普的共和党同僚、众议员唐·培根。培根表示，现在应该实施国会最近通过的更多制裁措施，而不是解除这些制裁。
乌克兰的欧洲盟友也对俄罗斯达成的协议表示失望，并表示他们将继续履行对乌克兰的制裁承诺。
据唐宁街发言人称，英国首相安迪·伯纳姆周六与泽连斯基通了电话，并表示伦敦将加强对俄罗斯的制裁。
泽连斯基则表示，俄罗斯从出口中额外获得的10亿美元将用于支付武器部件、无人机升级、导弹生产和雇佣兵招募的费用，莫斯科只有在其战斗能力下降时才会停止这种做法。
泽连斯基表示，乌克兰正在协调采取措施应对俄罗斯将获得的额外收入，他还与法国总统马克龙谈及加强防空能力，并警告称未来几天发生进一步导弹袭击的风险增加。
他还表示，他已与芬兰总统亚历山大·斯图布讨论了事态发展，乌克兰将在未来几天内收到用于拦截“沙赫德”无人机的F-16战斗机的弹药。