Politics● ElevatedSep 21 · Sep 21, 2026, 12:05 PM
Trump presses Zelenskiy to stop hitting Russian refineries
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Irish Times World · Eastern Europe
US president tells Ukrainian leader in phone call it is all about ‘diesel, diesel, diesel’, according to officials
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